
The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar (Harvey Korman), a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor (Mel Brooks). Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff (Cleavon Little) in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will ... (Full plot summary below)
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The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar (Harvey Korman), a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor (Mel Brooks). Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff (Cleavon Little) in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.
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| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.It's the best [director] Brooks has ever offered his audience. |
| EmpireAdam SmithStands next to Young Frankenstein as Brooks' best movie, and, of course, boasts the god of all fart gags. |
| Entertainment InsidersJonathan W. HickmanThe funniest Mel Brooks film, Clevevon Little, who died far too young, is a comic genius. With the success of The Producers on Broadway maybe we can expect a stage version of Saddles which I'd pay good money to see. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's a crazed grabbag of a movie that does everything to keep us laughing except hit us over the head with a rubber chicken. Mostly, it succeeds. It's an audience picture; it doesn't have a lot of classy polish and its structure is a total mess. But of course! What does that matter while Alex Karris is knocking a horse cold with a right cross to the jaw? |
| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumHilarious, irreverant western spoof. One of Mel Brooks' best. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonThe movie travels at a fast and furious clip, and the dialogue is endlessly quotable. |
| The A.V. ClubScott TobiasNo comic trope, however musty or studded with whiskers, is off limits, including bad puns, physical shtick, pie fights, goofy names and accents, song-and-dance numbers, Jewish Indians, or just having a bunch of cowpokes farting around the campfire. Some of the jokes drop like lead, but the film's anarchic spirit carries a lot of excitement, because Brooks' anything-goes philosophy means that no comedic possibilities go unconsidered. |
| The Hollywood ReporterRon PenningtonBrooks' fast-paced direction is a masterpiece of comedy detail, filled with delightful and perfectly timed sight gags. |
| Chicago ReaderDon DrukerOne of the funniest awful movies ever made. |
| Movie MetropolisJohn J. Puccio...at once a parody of old Western movies and a social satire on race and prejudice. |