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City Slickers

5.4

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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

Original title

City Slickers

Year

1991

Running time

109 min.

Country

United States

Director

Ron Underwood

Screenwriter

Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Cast

Music

Marc Shaiman

Cinematography

Dean Semler

Producer

Castle Rock Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment. Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Genre

Comedy. Adventure. Western | Friendship. Buddy Film

Synopsis

Mitch is a middle aged big-city radio ads salesman. He and his friends Ed and Phil are having mid-life crisis. They decide the best birthday gift is to go on a two week holiday in the wild west driving cattle from New Mexico to Colorado. There they meet cowboy Curly who not only teaches them how to become real cowboys, but also one or two other things about life in the open air of the west.

Awards: 1991: Oscar: Best Supporting Actor (Jack Palance)

1991: Golden Globes: Best Supporting Actor (Jack Palance). 3 Nominations

1991: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nom. for Best Supporting Actor (Jack Palance)

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Critics' reviews

"City Slickers is a funny and affecting comedy, with wonderful jokes and a script flashing intelligence in every direction"

Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle
"City Slickers comes packaged as one kind of movie and it delivers on that level while surprising me by being much more ambitious, and successful, than I expected."

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"A comedy that's cheery, earnest, harmless and almost totally lacking in bite"

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"Along the way most of what transpires is predictable and manipulative. But besides the formula stuff, there is an abundance of fresh humor, poignant dialogue and some rather credible performances"

The Hollywood Reporter
"The funny sequences and dumb jokes in City Slickers are so much more entertaining than the male-bonding blather"

Peter Rainer: Los Angeles Times
"Crystal is in top form, and if laughs are all you want, this movie has them"

Mike Clark: USA Today
"Although City Slickers lacks incisive wisdom, its well-honed witticisms should make this a refreshing summer crowd-pleaser."

Marjorie Baumgarten: Austin Chronicle

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City Slickers

1991

Ron Underwood

5.4

(2,582)