Rated PG-13
Starring Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig
Directed by Ron Underwood
The Story:
Mitch (Crystal) is turning 40. His best friends Ed (Kirby) and Phil (Stern) have plans to take him on a cattle drive to celebrate the big occasion. Fearing that her husband could face a mid-life crisis, his wife (Wettig) urges him to go. So they head off to drive a herd of cattle across country and along the way the boys are going to learn a thing or two under the tutelage of trail boss Curly (Palance).
Closing in on the 25th anniversary of this film, and aside from a joke about VCRs, it's really aged well.
This captured the era when Billy Crystal was on fire at the box office as the improbable leading man who could do it all.
The jokes are fast and funny throughout, relying on dialogue and situational comedy to make the audience connect with the characters and howl with laughter.
Naturally, this movie is most remembered for Palance's Academy Award winning turn as Curly, the cow hand with a heart of steel who was actually much nicer than he appeared.
Okay, no he wasn't.
That he didn't kill Mitch was probably due to the fact that he simply ran out of time before he could.
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Give it a spin, especially if you've never seen it.
I don't think you'll be disappointed.
If it's been nearly 25 years since you last saw it, dust it off and give it a whirl.
I think you'll find it still holds up really well.
And maybe you'll finally figure out what that "One Thing" that Curly is talking about, really is.
Final Grade: Solid A
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I can watch this one anytime. Absolutely love it.
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