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Three Amigos on DVD (1986)

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Average rating: (64%)
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3.0
 
Starring: Steve Martin | Chevy Chase | Martin Short | Joe Mantegna | Norbert Weisser | Phil Hartman | Jon Lovitz | Patrice Martinez
Director: John Landis
Studio: MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 99 mins
Certificate: PG
User collections: My Worst Films of All Time | All time great films you saw as a kid in the 80s
Genres: Comedy
Languages: English
Dubbed: French, German, Spanish
Hearing-impaired: English, German
Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Released: 08/01/2001

Brief synopsis of Three Amigos

Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Chevy Chase star as the Three Amigos!, swashbuckling stars of the silent screen in 1918 who find themselves broke and out of work. When they are offered what they think is a request for a personal appearance at a Mexican village, they soon realize the villagers expect them to be the heroes they portray and fight a band of desperados terrorizing the town. THREE AMIGOS! is an outrageous parody of early Westerns that highlights the fabulous physical comedy of its stars.

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Rating of 3 stars out of 5 Radio Times

Originally conceived as a vehicle for Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and John Belushi, this enjoyably indulgent comedy hit the big screen with another Saturday Night Live regular, Martin Short, in place of Belushi, who died in 1982. The leads play stars of silent westerns who end up in Mexico on what they think is a publicity tour, only to discover that they are expected to defend a village from an evil group of bandits. It's nowhere near as funny as it should have been given the talent on show, but the chemistry between the stars and the gentle digs at the western genre make for a diverting enough entertainment.

Variety

"...Moments of brilliant humor....[The scenes] shine with all the inventiveness these comedians can muster..."

Los Angeles Times

"...Incredibly, outrageously and breathtakingly silly....A goofy delight..."

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Rated - 4 starsgood old story!!

A customer from thornaby-on-tees, england , 20/02/2006

I remember watching this on video 20 years ago! It still has a good sense of family movies with a predictable but very funny story. My 10 year old thought it was hilarious!

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Rated - 4 starsOld time movie

Craig Brooks from N Lincs, England , 03/10/2004

This is a funny film from start to finish, Seen it along time ago but just had to see it again.

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Rated - 5 stars

Anna#18 from READING , 23/06/2004

I cannot fault this movie - it is without a doubt the funniest Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short have EVER been.

The 3 stars of Hollywood movie series The Three Amigos, their ego's get the better of them and they find themselves cast out of their studio. However all is not lost when a sexy senorita invites them to 'Come to Santa Poco and put on show with the infamous El Wappo". However chaos ensues when it becomes clear to our heroic trio that the people of Santa Poco believe they really are horse-riding hero's and not just out of work actors.

Everything about it is spot on comic genius. You'd need to have had the humour part of your brain completely removed not to laugh at such oddities as El Wappo, The Singing Bush and the Amigo salute. Watch it! WATCH IT NOW!!

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Rated - 3 starsSome Great Comedy Moments

Robert Frazer from London , 28/02/2006

Yes it lumbers along in places but I'm sorry, any film that contains 'We all have our El Whoppoes to face' and 'We raped the horses' deserves its place in the gallery of comedy classics. Was this Landis peaking before the wheels came off? The good bits far outweigh the weak points and sustaining comedy for 90 minutes plus is always a huge challenge. Landis rises to it better than most.

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