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Three Amigos!

4.7

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Original title

Three Amigos!

Year

1986

Running time

105 min.

Country

United States

Director

John Landis

Screenwriter

Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, Randy Newman

Cast

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography

Ronald W. Browne

Producer

Orion Pictures

Genre

Adventure. Comedy. Western | 1910s. Film In Film

Synopsis

When silent film stars Lucky Day, Dusty Bottoms and Ned Nederlander get fired, they take a job offer from Mexico: Doing a show with El Guapo, supposedly the most famous actor there. Traveling there in hope of getting good money, they arrive only to learn soon that El Guapo is not an actor, but a cruel gang leader suppressing people. He abducts the mayor's beautiful daughter Carmen (to be his wife) in revenge for the people's cry for help. Now, all hopes of the village folks rest on the weak shoulders of three minor-talented actors, who can't just walk off the set this time.

Critics' reviews

"There's hardly a moment in Three Amigos that isn't silly (...) Maybe that's why this tale of a trio of inept silent-movie stars turned real-life heroes is such a goofy delight."

Patrick Goldstein: Los Angeles Times
"Martin’s script is full of inspired bits of comic business"

Noel Murray: AV Club
"You can't tell one amigo from another, the gags are silly (a "singing bush") and far between, the dialogue full of inane wordplay"

Paul Attanasio: The Washington Post
"All great farces need a certain insane focus, an intensity that declares how important they are to themselves. This movie is too confident, too relaxed, too clever to be really funny"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"The characterisation is paper thin, and Landis' timing as sloppy as ever; but if you enjoy brainless slapstick (...) it's entertaining enough."

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Three Amigos!

1986

John Landis

4.7

(3,727)