Gunless (2010)

The Worst Film Ever

Best movie ever!

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

This is what I call a great Beans and Cornbread movie. Like comfort food, you cannot help but be in a good mood when you partake! Funny and just sweet enough without putting you in sugar shock, this film is the best understated and clean comedy done in the last few years. The characters do not become "caricatures", but instead likable, mostly realistic people that could be related to anyone of us. Sorry to disappoint those who think comedy has to revolve around sexual innuendo, nudity, and raw humor, because refreshingly, Gunless doesn't go there. It fits a PG-13 rating due to brief language. Its quirky nature keeps it funny and engaging when it could otherwise have been over-the-top melodramatic, stupid, or just plane predictable. Watch it for a good mood and plenty of laughs.

Slight but cute enough film to make it worth an hour and a half on a slow night. Admirably deadpan throughout Paul Gross brings a Bruce Campbell like sensibility to his role of an outlaw in the wild west who finds himself accidentally in Canada. His reaction at the beginning to even being in Canada itself is almost worth catching the movie from the start just to see. I don't want to give away what plot there is to give away so i'll just say he clashes and then eventually warms to the local eccentrics in the little town he's crashing in with the exception of one very large man, one who gets off on the wrong foot with Gross from the get go.There was absolutely no one in the theater when i saw this (not that i expected a crowd) while it was nice to have the theater to myself, its the kind of film that benefits from having someone sitting with you to at least chuckle at the deadpan line readings because its just the kind of film that was meant to be shared with others rather then taking in by yourself. One conversation in particular with the local townspeople goes in a couple of different directions ("a gun is just a tool, like a shovel. i would never be scared that someone's gonna rob me with a shovel.") i could imagine a couple of other people chuckling at some of it and i honestly think that had there been other people around for me to share this with i might have actually enjoyed it more which is an odd thing to say about a movie but there you have it.While the movie isn't a fantastic masterpiece--its perfectly pleasant to take in and just hang out with. Its a hang out kind of movie.

First of all I have to give it ten stars out of a possible ten. Uniquely written about a gunfighter having a difficult time picking a fight. Actors well chosen, music nicely arranged, a film where we see people as people. Very entertaining. Intelligently done. I could never tell what was about to happen next, so in vivid contrast to most westerns that I have seen it was in no way clichéd, at least not to me. You might want to watch the credits at the end or you will miss out on some things. And the film has a worthwhile message. I do disagree with some of the other reviewers. I would not say low budgeted as that has a negative connotation. Perhaps the film simply didn't require a high cost of production and had no gratuitous spending. Nothing cheap in what I saw. As for no foul language maybe those reviewers were munching on chips each time that certain word (ahem, ending in ck) was used as well as several other such expressions which to the merit of the film came out very naturally, or maybe they heard a different audio track from what I heard.

This is a lighthearted Canadian western (if there is such a thing). I don't think this film has a lot of international appeal but for those of us who live in Canada, I believe that this film is one to try out! The comedy in this film is cute, and the action is not bad considering how many cast members are in this film. But this is what gives this film its charm.But what really pulls this film off is the scenery, I believe they filmed this out in Osoyoos BC (in the interior) and you really can't complain about the beautiful night sky full of stars, and the rugged dusty terrain of one of the most charming parts of BC. Overall, this ain't no Unforgiven but it is a unique, Canadian made, film that is fun to watch.