Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

zkonedog As old as the "Men are from Mars, Women are from Jupiter" ponderings is the difference between "guy" films and "chick flicks". Though not trying to stereotype the genders too much here, the camp of movie-goers that will watch "The Notebook" or "A Walk To Remember" have different hormones flowing through them as those that go to "Terminator Salvation" or "Rambo IV". There's just a fundamental difference that often cannot be overcome by either gender."City Slickers", however, is the rare film that, while being a complete "guy" film, also proves to be as introspective as any emotional drama. Basically, "Slickers" tells the story of a middle-aged man named Mitch (played superbly by Billy Crystal) who undergoes a mid-life crisis. He works a dead-end job, has kids that think he is an "old fart", can't keep up on his best friend's big adventures (the film opens with the trio of buds running from the bulls in Spain), and is on the verge of complete depression. However, an opportunity (two weeks herding cattle at a Dude Ranch) presents itself for Mitch to be able to re-capture his youth, and he reluctantly takes it. Over the course of the trip, Mitch (and his pals, by extension) slowly but surely (and with often hilarious results!) begins to recapture the excitement that seemed to have been missing from his life.Besides the inspiring storyline that rivals any feel-good film, "Slickers" vaults itself into the stratosphere with the quality of both its humor and acting. The jokes in this film, while not the physical comedy of, say, Jim Carrey, are still hilarious, and mirror the changes that each friend is going through. Speaking of those friends, Phil and Ed (played by Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby, respectively), they each in turn provide the perfect compliment to Mitch's old-age crisis...Ed is the go-getter who never seems to slow down, while Phil is stuck in a heartless marriage and wishes he could just start over. The camaraderie, struggles, and real-life discussions between those three guys provides the emotional backbone of the film. Plus, the auxiliary characters (including Jack Palance as the trail-hardened cowherd Curly) each add their own take on life into the picture.Towards the end of the film, Mitch proclaims that he has finally found his "one thing" in life. Though that "one thing" is never revealed, that is actually the point...everyone must go out and find it for him/her self (much like the viewer may begin to contemplate while watching). So guys, the next time your significant other wants to watch another two Kleenex-box romance, suggest this film as a change of pace (but make sure she watches the whole thing...as the meat of the message is saved for the finale). She may not laugh at all the same things you do (which will be pretty much everything!), but she may also come away with a bit better of a perspective on what it's like to be a guy.

pesic-1 I loved this thing as a kid. Loved it. Even the sequel. But that was the young me, the teenage me, the still stuck in the 80s me, the me who'd rent a movie every single day on VHS and watch any old 80s crap, whether it involved Steve Guttenberg, Bobcat Goldthwait, Eddie Murphy, or Billy Crystal.Oh dear, has this movie aged badly. And how about Billy Crystal? He is still doing an incredibly bad impression of Woody Allen, just as he did in 'When Harry Met Sally'. But he's not funny when he whines, just incredibly annoying, not to mention dishonest. I am not buying his whining the way I buy Allen's. That was the first thing that struck me as watched this film again, more than 20 years after the first time I saw it. There is nothing really funny in this film. The ice cream fatso? The irritating high-energy sidekick? The insecure, slightly dumb, introverted sidekick? Oh, what a motley crew it is, conflicts between these personalities is guaranteed to result in funny scenes, right? Fat chance.See, the best thing about this movie has always been that gritty old cowboy, and that's the only redeeming feature of this film. Take that away and you have a film that makes you want to commit suicide. That's how boring, predictable, and outright irritating it is. And just how easily manipulated were we to enjoy that cheap crap about a little calf? Please. Oh, one more thing: Is Crystal meant to learn something during this film? I certainly didn't. And neither did he, but let's pretend we all did. Audiences back then certainly didn't care about anything - not that we are any better today, mind you. We are so cynical that we don't even pretend to care about love and the meaning of life.I'm giving this film one star. I do not like it in any way.

Paul Robinson "I crap bigger than you!"A decent Mid life crisis comedy, which is surprisingly deeper than you would expect. Which has many laugh out loud moments.New Yorker Mitch played by Billy Crystal, is at impasse in his life. Unhappy with his job and going through a mid life crises. Him and his two best friends also experiencing their own crises. Decide to take a holiday experience herding cattle across the old west. Billy Crystal who is great in the role bringing great wit and not as depressing as the obvious comparative actor, Woody Allen. Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby also providing adequate support. But Jack Palance steels the show with every scene he is in. Possessing a knowing smile that he is messing with the tourists, and teaching them some simple truths along the way. The film though does not shed new light on the mid life crisis movie, as the film is mostly predictable in how it was going to play out. The film overall is a harmless bit of fun, providing me with plenty of entertainment.

Robert J. Maxwell Billy Crystal is a nice suburban guy -- loving husband and father -- but it's his birthday and it precipitates a mid-life crisis of the ontological type. "What's it all about?" A somewhat reckless friend, Bruno Kirby, convinces Crystal and the equally stodgy Daniel Stern that they all need to live in the unfolding moment. Running the bulls in Pamplona doesn't work so the three of them sign up for a summer's job at a working cattle ranch run by the sympathetic but earthy Jack Palance as Curly.The three aging boys are working with a bunch of other city slickers, including Helen Slater, who is there chiefly to prove that the guys are heterosexual. Everyone undergoes what people call "learning experiences" when they happen to someone else, and "humiliations" when it happens to themselves. There's grappling, insults, a stampede, and a death that results in a burial under a crude wooden cross in the middle of the scruffy desert. That's Curly's grave. But his spirit guides them the rest of the way as they move the cattle through the wilderness and grow up. It was done before in a more serious vein in "John Wayne and the Cowboys." But this is a family movie and not to be taken so seriously. No matter how absurd or dangerous the situation, the script provides the city slickers with wisecracks and funny expressions.Palance is good. He almost always is. And Bruno Kirby and Billy Crystal are convincing, though not all of the jokes sparkle. There's a cute calf modeled on Bambi. Ugh. I rather lost interest with Curly's demise but it ought to entertain the kids and those who are undergoing mid-life crises. It must have been successful at the box office because a sequel soon appeared, hampered by the fact that Curly, the central figure, was already dead.