Wagons East!
After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west. They hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of James Harlow to take them on a journey back to their hometowns in the East.
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- Cast:
- John Candy , Richard Lewis , John C. McGinley , Ellen Greene , Robert Picardo , Ed Lauter , William Sanderson
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Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Wagons East (1994) * (out of 4)A group of settlers who headed West for a better life soon realize that it's not what they thought so they want to head back East. They hire James Harlow (John Candy) to take them back but they soon realize that they might have picked the wrong man.I still remember walking into the theater when WAGON'S EAST opened. You knew walking in that Candy had just recently passed and you knew that you were watching what would be his final picture. I don't think anyone could have expected to see how bad this movie actually was but thankfully for Candy, the greatness throughout his career is what people remember and not this final film.This is a really bad movie and I've seen where Candy didn't want to make it and I believe this because the screenplay is really awful. There's really nothing funny that happens here and the screenplay is so bad you really do wonder why anyone would have wanted to make the film. The majoirty of the running time has Candy acting drunk, falling over and doing various dumb things but none of it is funny.It's really too bad that Candy finished his career with this movie but it should be stated that a lot of legends end their careers with such movies. WAGON'S EAST really doesn't work on any level so it's probably best that it has been forgotten.
Wagons East is a well presented western about a group of settlers who have found the glorious west to be more The Land of Barbarism than the promised Land of Opportunity. So they quit and head home.It is wrong to think of the movie as a spoof and if you watch it expecting a Mel Brooks movie you will only be disappointed. Wagons East is a genuine western comedy, with a wide variety of laughs from family trip clichés to road runner gags and seen as such it is a remarkably good western with clever, though uncomplicated comedy and a good plot image. Although the greedy, but paranoid Rail Mogul is a little weak, most of the clichés fit in neatly and comically with the plot.Oh and don't watch Wagons East expecting a John Candy film. The main leads are Richard Lewis and Robert Picardo, with strong input from Scrubs star John C. McGinley. Candy makes a good appearance, but his comic performance is considerably muted compared to his more prominent films. This may be due to his unfortunate death towards the end of filming; or it may be that he felt the role deserved a more quiet presentation due to the terrible secret in the characters past.I enjoyed this film immensely and heartily recommend it to anyone who enjoys a light laugh.
It's not a brilliant film, certainly not John Candy's best work, but I would like to commend the editors. John Candy died during production of this movie, and just under half the scenes were recorded using another actor in John Candy's place. Candy's face was then added using computers. And it's an almost perfect job.
This film is better then one thinks. Some of it is slapstick, some dry humor, and some just plain old physical comedy. Charles Rocket is hilarious in his brief moments on the screen, and Richard Lewis has never been funnier. John Candy will be missed, and it is sad that this was his last film, but at least he gave us one great laugh. All in all, I think this is an 8, reason being is that I don't see this being a great film, but it is sure entertaining.