Little Town, Big Gun is an extraordinary comedy that I watched with my parents without really knowing what it was about, and I ended up very surprised and blushing, because I thought it would be just another Webster of the time, and it turned out to be a pretty wild and sour comedy if you're not used to this type of film.
It's a comic western directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild. The film stars MacFarlane himself and is accompanied by Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, and Neil Patrick Harris. It is produced by Media Rights Capital and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was released on May 30, 2014.
"I've always been a fan of westerns," MacFarlane confesses. The idea for this new project came to him while watching some Old West films. “We thought it was a time we longed for, and yet so depressing and horrible. It took three hours to get to the nearest town, where there was only one store and one restaurant, which served one thing.
Everyone wanted to kill you, and there were probably a thousand ways to die. As much as the genre had been explored, it had never been done from a modern perspective. We wanted to create a character in this classic setting that you could relate to, and who would have the ability to point out the horror of the place,” explains the director.
Indeed, that person is Albert, played by MacFarlane himself. He lives in a Western town and must face a fearsome villain, played by Liam Neeson. But, in between, we'll see everything that usually appears in a Western, only from a comedic and exaggerated point of view, including gunfire, damsels in distress, and plenty of political incorrectness. Where you already know from the film's scoop that it will be insulting to all audiences, all the scenarios are quite delicate and very problematic for each of the members of the work. One of the parts I remember most is the very complicated situation that two of the characters have.
I find it funnier throughout the film than the relationship of a conservative man with a prostitute of the moment, where jokes about the sanctity of marriage are always made, as a satire of their extremely strange relationship within the film.
Where the film doesn't try to be subtle at any time, it is aggressive and crude with jokes and dark humor every 2 seconds, some within the universe of the plot making fun of its own characters and others outside of their universe, from my point of view as a viewer, that made this film quite attractive. Counting on the updates of characters who generally don't act in comedy genres but play their comedic roles quite spectacularly. A frame from the film that I have seen the most online is the one of the $1 bill, which to this day makes me laugh. For me, the film is a very ingenious film because it has its own unique characteristics and is strong enough to stand out from the crowd and have a very unique and unmistakable personality.
For me, it's an underrated comedy because my closest circle doesn't know this film, and I always recommend it. So if you haven't seen it yet, give it a chance because I know you'll love it. Without further ado, thank you for reading and for leaving a huge like.
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