Almost Heroes

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Cast & Crew

Chris Farley

Bartholomew Hunt

Matthew Perry

Leslie Edwards

Eugene Levy

Guy Fontenot

Kevin Dunn

Hidalgo

Lisa Barbuscia

Shaquinna

Bokeem Woodbine

Jonah

Steven M. Porter

Higgins

David Packer

Bidwell

Hamilton Camp

Pratt

Lewis Arquette

Merchant

Patrick Cranshaw

Jackson

Christian Clemenson

Father Girard

Frank Salsedo

Old Indian

Christopher Guest

Director

Mark Nutter

Writer

Tom Wolfe

Writer

Boyd Hale

Writer

Denise Di Novi

Producer

Mary Kane

Co-Producer

Jeffery C. J. Vanston

Original Music

Jeff Jur

Cinematographer

Adam Kimmel

Cinematographer

Kenneth MacMillan

Cinematographer

Ronald Roose

Film Editing

Mary Gail Artz

Casting

Barbara Cohen

Casting

Joseph T. Garrity

Production Design

Pat Tagliaferro

Art Director

Linda Allen

Set Decoration

Durinda Wood

Costume Design

Christian P. Della Penna

Assistant Director

Christopher Kennedy

Music Editor

Mark Weingarten

Sound

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Critic Reviews for Almost Heroes

Audience Reviews for Almost Heroes

• Aug 08, 2017

  I remember finding this film a complete misfire but upon watching it again, the film has grown quite a lot. Guest is a great comedic genius and this film really should of set the world on fire with Farley in the lead role. The biggest issue is the film pushes to much attention on Farley and while it is funny, it robs the film of the other hilarious characters. This film has grown on me since watching on its release, the one liners and offbeat humour was an interesting choice. I have heard this suffered cuts by the studio and there was a really clever film laying on the floor of the editing room. Perry tries hard but even he can't survive without Farley stealing every scene he is in. It's easy to see why this died horribly at the box office but this is a film that deserves to be discovered for cult film status. Farley was growing into a great comedic character and sadly this was the last film that had his name attached to before his premature death. 06-08-2017.
  

  brendan n Super Reviewer
• Jul 12, 2013

  A giant misstep on the part of director Christopher Guest, this film tries to make a fast buck off of spoofs of the eighteenth century and expeditions to the new world. Frontiersmen life is easily mined for some gratuitous laughs, but everything about this film feels rushed and unnecessary. Even with some of the same cast Guest has used in the past, this film feels nothing like his previous mockumentaries. Guest is best in his element when he is pursuing the world of the rich, vain, and out of touch, and to focus on the past in this strange way makes no sense. The film is a straight up buddy comedy movie, focusing on a rich fop (Perry) who wants to reach the Western coast of the United States before the Lewis and Clark expedition can. He hires a tracker (Farley) to lead a crew of men there, and along the way they get into several kinds of shenanigans. If you were to ask me what those shenanigans were, I would have a hard time telling you, because though there are some interactions with Native Americans, a love triangle, and a near death, this film is very boring and tedious. The comedy is childish, and the characters are brutish ignoramuses most of the time. Perry's performance is never reigned in, and the indignant behavior of a rich man could easily be mistaken for an excessive bi-polar patient. Farley in turn also gives an over-the-top performance, but of all the people in this film, he is simply expected to be that crass and loud. He's really the only acceptable performer in this film, though it does hurt that this had to be his last film, released post humorously. There's just nothing here except an idea for a setting, and otherwise everything else gets garbled, whether it be the petty humor or the moronic sense of pacing.
  

  Super Reviewer
• Feb 07, 2013

  This is one of those low key comedies that you saw on the top shelf at your local video shop purely by accident when you went in for something else...something good. You noticed it and it intrigued you because you'd never heard of the film. You took it down and looked at the back of the VHS box to see more, hmmm Chris Farley and 'Chandler' from 'Friends', could be good fun. In brief this film is fun but very very very low brow and only works purely because of Farley's great screen presence. When I say fun I mean its good for the odd chuckle or visual moment but overall its complete and utter trash. Dare I say fun trash, I can't deny I liked Farley and his wild, over the top insane physical comedy, childish yes but also amusing. All of this was of course down to his size but his facial expressions could be gold. This is standard Farley fare with everything you would expect from the late comedian. The film is deliberately tacky and cheap looking with plenty of toilet humour, dumb visual gags, unrealistic sequences and Perry is in there purely to attract a bigger audience through his 'Friends' fame. Naturally he does just that by giving us more 'Chandler' wetness than you can shake a stick at, a period set 'Chandler'. If you're a Farley fan then you can't go wrong. I liked it for what it is...just an extremely light hearted comedy no brains required, typical Farley fun fluff.
  

  Super Reviewer
• May 14, 2012

  Christopher Guest directs one of Chris Farley's last films. As a comedy, there are some really good laugh out loud moments. You will have to seriously suspend some of your disbelief to get engrossed in this story, but most comedies are extreme exaggerations of reality anyway. Matthew Perry is hilarious, and holds his own along side Farley. Eugene Levy and Kevin Dunn are fantastic in their roles. But once in a while the comedy goes a little over into the ridiculous side, and it takes you out of it a bit. But overall, the film is good. But not exactly deserving as the great Chris Farley's last hoorah.
  

  Super Reviewer