City Slickers 1991

Really fun midlife crisis comedy. The cast are obviously having a good time, it's infectious.

I remember this being funny.. I thought this was supposed to be funny?
Then why isn't it?

If this movie was done in 2023 they would destroy it online for being "too woke" or about forced inclusion and everything. I mean, we have a gay couple (who are gayer than Lightyear or the new Beauty and the Beast did), one of them is even fat which you could call it another woke point. But because there wasn't someone saying to the press there is a gay couple here, probably most straights didn't even notice it (the same way that if you blink, you will miss the gay scenes on those Disney movies I mentioned before).

Then we have the whole plot about fragile masculinity and rediscover masculinity. Sure, they weren't radical about it, but Hollywood is not radical about it now either, conservatives have just started to fuzz about it because now is part of the selling point. Lots of daddy issues going on in here.

We even have a third woke point that I'm sure would have the conservatives dying about it if this movie was done now exactly the same and is the baby cow subplot, which I'm sure would call it an attempt to shove veganism down our throats.

So many classic scenes in this movie. I keep seeing shots or hearing sound bites that I forgot were from this movie.

Billy Crystal is really funny in this, but Jack Palance has the best character. The entire scene with the coffee grinder is hilarious. Mitch never lets go of the grinder despite climbing a tree and Curly just watches the entire thing unfold then smirks when Mitch figures out he caused it. So entertaining.

Movies about the crisis of the 40, purely Yankee.

Entertaining enough in it's way

Movie about the crisis of the 40, purely Yankee.