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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film.comPeter BrunetteFilm.comPeter BrunetteLots of laughs, lots of fisticuffs, lots of cool toys, lots of stuff getting blown up: Who could ask for anything more from a summer movie?
- 80Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumAn entertainingly offbeat blend of 19th-century science fiction and Hope and Crosby Road comedies.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamSan Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamA sly variation on the buddy movie.
- 70SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekA movie that's dazzling as you watch it and immediately unsatisfying afterward.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA wild, wanton and wasteful western farce that's so overblown and underwritten it almost makes you cringe to watch it.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoThese pictures need a light touch and a lot of attitude, but this time you can hear heavy breathing in the background.
- 30Film.comErnest HardyFilm.comErnest HardyThe humor is, at best, thudding. At its worst, it's breathtakingly stupid and offensive.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThe script by S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock (Ghost Dad) is so jumbled and the direction so chaotic that it's often hard to tell what's going on -- where, when, and why.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAll concept and no content.
- 10Film ThreatRon WellsFilm ThreatRon WellsAside from the pesky problems of tone and lazy writing, the whole move is a little choppy.