Synopsis
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.
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Cast
- Chevy ChaseDusty Bottoms
- Steve MartinLucky Day
- Martin ShortNed Nederlander
- Alfonso ArauEl Guapo
- Tony PlanaJefe
- Patrice MartinezCarmen
- Jorge Cervera Jr.Bandito #1 (as Jorge Cervera)
- Kai WulffGerman
- Abel FrancoPapa Sanchez
- Fred AsparagusBartender
Recommendations
- 80
Los Angeles Times
There's hardly a moment in Three Amigos that isn't silly--make that incredibly, outrageously and breathtakingly silly. Maybe that's why this tale of a trio of inept silent-movie stars turned real-life heroes is such a goofy delight. It's like a cross between a big-budget Three Stooges movie and a Hope-Crosby road picture, with dozens of old cowpoke gags thrown in to spice up the brew. - 75
The A.V. Club
Martin’s script—co-written with SNL producer Lorne Michaels and songwriter Randy Newman—is full of inspired bits of comic business, such as Martin making a “lookuphere!” bird call to get his chums’ attention, Chase pouring water all over his face while his mates’ canteens are dry, and the Amigos summoning an invisible swordsman whom Chase accidentally shoots. - 60
Time Out London
The characterisation is paper thin, and Landis' timing as sloppy as ever; but if you enjoy brainless slapstick that allows space for irrelvant absurdities like a singing bush and an invisible swordsman, it's entertaining enough. - 60
The New York Times
Though Three Amigos is the kind of skin-deep contemporary comedy that assembles its stars and then just coasts, it's friendlier than most. And it contains a few elements that are destined for immortality. - 60
Orlando Sentinel
Three Amigos will never get any prizes for excitement or originality, but if there were an award for friendliness, this movie would at least be in the running. - 50
Chicago Reader
On the whole there's not a lot of flesh on these cynically haphazard bones. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Martin is joyful; Chase seems depressed, and Short comes off as merely happy to be in his first movie. - 30
Washington Post
The script of Three Amigos (Martin's collaborators were producer Lorne Michaels and singer Randy Newman) plays like it was slapped together by a few friends with a tape recorder enjoying a charming weekend at the beach. You can't tell one amigo from another, the gags are silly (a "singing bush") and far between, the dialogue full of inane wordplay. Sample: "We could take a walk and you could kiss me on the veranda." "The lips would be fine."
