Synopsis
In the spirit of the old west variety shows, Vaughn played host to the ensemble of comedians and performed improvisational sketches with surprise celebrity and musical guests. The film chronicles the journey of Vaughn and the comedians as travel over 6,000 miles and perform 30 shows in 30 consecutive nights in cities across the nation.
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Cast
- Vince VaughnSelf
- Jon FavreauSelf
- Justin LongSelf
- Keir O'DonnellSelf
- Peter BillingsleySelf
- Sebastian ManiscalcoSelf
- Bret ErnstSelf
- Dwight YoakamSelf
- Ahmed AhmedSelf
- John CaparuloSelf
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Tribune
Native Chicagoan Vaughn remains enigmatic, protected from the camera’s more candid intrusion. But you get a sense of his deep values, virtuous instincts and quiet love of ordinary people. - 75
Rolling Stone
It's a mouthful of a title for a rowdy, ramshackle funfest that flies by on its spirited humor and surprising heart. - 70
Washington Post
A very engaging trip along the cutting edge of America's funny bone. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Has a loosey-goosey, what-the-hell spirit that's easy and fun to hook into. - 67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Though you might expect a film of a bunch of performers on a bus to explode with camaraderie and high jinks, the Wild West Comedy Show offers only standard patter about how hard it is for four dudes to share a bathroom, a map graphic between scenes, and one -- just one! -- priceless moment. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Shot on sometimes lousy-looking video, it seems unreasonable to ask audiences to pay to see this picture on a big screen. But "Wild West," particularly with a bit of editing, would be a standout on cable, where shoddy production values would be eclipsed by some very funny material and the emcee presence of a sometimes charismatic (and sometimes obviously road-weary) star. - 50
Variety
Ungainly titled, overlong, intermittently funny. - 50
Village Voice
The doc provides plenty of backstory (meeting the comics' families offers generous context to material heard earlier in the film). But in the end, it's the bits involving Vaughn and his celeb guests that linger.
