
Explorers Bartholemew Hunt and Leslie Edwards are setting forth against nature across the country on a journey to the Pacific Ocean against rivals Lewis and Clark. Along the way they have many mishaps and misfortunes.... (Full plot summary below)
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Explorers Bartholemew Hunt and Leslie Edwards are setting forth against nature across the country on a journey to the Pacific Ocean against rivals Lewis and Clark. Along the way they have many mishaps and misfortunes.
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| VarietyJoe LeydonPacing is too slack for pic to ever achieve a satisfying comic momentum, and the limp ending is a real letdown. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDespite his compulsion to trash everything in his midst, including himself, Chris Farley deserved better. |
| Christian Science MonitorM. K. TerrellYou just wish it were half as funny as it tries to be. |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghThe gags rely heavily on boogers, bird poo and sheep dung, and Farley falls down with monotonous regularity. |
| AV ClubJohn KrewsonThe plot isn't merely stupid, but heartless; viewers aren't given a single reason to watch beyond the anticipation of seeing Farley fall off more scenery. |
| Seattle TimesJoe HeimUnfortunately, Farley's unintended farewell is hardly memorable. |
| Chicago TribuneMark CaroAll in the movie have been encouraged to play up the cartoonish aspects of their characters, and they deliver punch lines like a series of elbows to the rib cage. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceThis laughless farce could be the absolute nadir of Farley's career. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsScott RenshawPerry has his charms as the prissy Chandler on Friends, but he can't generate the big personality required to make that act work on the big screen. |
| CNN.comPaul TataraAll of the guys on the expedition are dumb, and they say and do dumb things in dumb ways, dumbly. |