Wagons East! (1994)
Average Rating: 2.4/10
Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 28
Wagons East! is a witless, toothless satire of Westerns that falls far below the standard set by Blazing Saddles, and is notable only for being John Candy's final screen performance.
Average Rating: 2.6/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 12
Wagons East! is a witless, toothless satire of Westerns that falls far below the standard set by Blazing Saddles, and is notable only for being John Candy's final screen performance.
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Movie Info
Comedian John Candy, who died during the making of this poorly received comic western, plays James Harlow, a 19th century wagon master who is heading back east with a wagon train full of oddball characters who have had their fill of Western life. They include ex-doctor Phil Taylor (Richard Lewis), kind-hearted prostitute Belle (Ellen Greene), and a bookseller, Julian (John C. McGinley). Harlow is a drunken, washed-up leader who frequently gets lost. The travelers eventually discover that he was
Aug 26, 1994 Wide
Jun 18, 2002
Artisan Entertainment
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Cast
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John Candy
James Harlow -
Richard Lewis
Phil Taylor -
John C. McGinley
Julian -
Ellen Greene
Belle -
Robert Picardo
Ben Wheeler -
Ed Lauter
John Slade -
Rodney A. Grant
Little Feather -
William Sanderson
Zeke -
Melinda Culea
Constance Taylor -
Robin McKee
Lindsey Thurlow -
Russell Means
The Chief -
Charles Rocket
Gen. Larchmont -
Ryan Cutrona
Tom -
Thomas F. Duffy
Clayton Ferguson -
David Dunard
Harry Bob Ferguson -
Steve Eastin
Bartender -
Randy Hall
Pony Express Rider -
Chad Hamilton
Ricky Jones -
Don Lake
Lieutenant -
Denver Mattson
Card Player -
Marvin J. McIntyre
Irving Ferjuson -
Joel McKinnon Miller
Zack Ferguson -
Ethan Phillips
Smedly -
Jimmy Ray Pickens
Scout -
Tony Pierce
Junior Ferguson -
Bud Davis
Desperado Leader -
Mauricio Martinez
Card Player -
Abraham Benrubi
Abe Furguson -
Joe Bays
River Townsman -
Lochlyn Munro
Billy
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All Critics (28) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (28)
[An] anemic Blazing Saddles-wannabe.
Top CriticA poorly focused and rhythmless collection of vignettes, Wagons East! does contain a few funny ideas and some decent performances that simply are not enough to rescue the movie.
A stridently unfunny western comedy that is equally lame in its writing and direction.
With credits that include such garbage as Hot Dog... The Movie, director and former hockey player Peter Markle displays an utter lack of comic sensibility.
A sunshiney hodgepodge of bad jokes, nice scenery and reverse stereotypes.
A typically rickety vehicle, just dumb enough that it actually submerges Candy's sweet, perky persona in what's basically a sullen, grizzled straight-man role.
Awful. A candidate for one of the year's worst movies.
The jokes tend to be watered-down versions of the tasteless kind that enlivened the Naked Gun movies and the early films of Mel Brooks.
Although a comedy rife in lively characters, Wagons East! affords star John Candy one of the poorest, drabest, and thoroughly unfunniest roles of his career.
There's little to praise in Peter Markle's handling of Matthew Carlson's heavy-handed screenplay.
This forgettable comedy western is quite dreadful.
A wagon train of disgruntled pioneers returning to the East is the incidental setting for tired, adolescent humor in this ponderous and directionless comedy.
In what purports to be a comedic spin on the wagon-train Western genre, John Candy is sadly almost unrecognisable with a scruffy beard and long hair.
Much potential for comedy is lost, thanks to a weak script, desultory direction and indifferent performances.
A sad farewell for John Candy.
Audience Reviews for Wagons East!
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- Clayton Ferguson: WOMEN!
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- James Harlow: I hear it's warm in Canada all year long
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