City Slickers 1991

Yesterday they were businessmen. Today they're cowboys. Tomorrow they'll be walking funny.

6.44 / 10   723 vote(s)
PG-13
Comedy Western

Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.

Release Date 1991-06-07
Runtime 1h 54m
Directors Dean Semler, Ron Underwood, Jerry Ballew, Anthony Brand, Jim Chory, Mickey Gilbert, Fraser Clarke Heston, Doug Metzger, Nina K. Noble, Irby Jay Smith Jr., Jeffrey Wetzel, Bob Kurtz
Producers Billy Crystal, Irby Smith, Gregory Dark
Writers Babaloo Mandel, Lowell Ganz

This is is a fairly funny movie. Billy Crystal’s character and two friends head out for a dude ranch for an adventure vacation. The jokes come vast and furious as do the sight gags. Jack Palance made a bit of a name for himself with his cowboy antics and one-armed pushups.

My favorite scene had nothing to do with dude ranch stuff. Mitch (Crystal) is explaining how a DVD recorder doesn’t even require the tv to record a show, and his friend just isn’t getting it. It’s hilarious. This isn’t a movie classic or anything, but plenty entertaining enough.

Peter McGinn