4 reviews
Jennifer Elise Cox is one of the most underestimated comedic talents of the last twenty years. How she got caught up not only starring in but producing this dreadful film is a mystery.
Cox stars as Prissy, a country girl turned slutty party trash in Reno who has to head home when her family goes broke and decides to sell her family ranch. Right here is where we encounter the first and biggest problem with this film. Cox was was in her mid 40's when this film was made, making her far too long in the tooth to play the slutty, bimbo party girl. It's a character she has played before, but here she crosses the line into crazy-town, and there isn't a single second of Prissy that feels genuine.
Prissy's sluttin' it up in Reno when she gets the call that her family's oil has dried up and they're broke. She goes into a complete downward spiral, and enlists the help of her former fiancé Charles, who she never realized left her because he's gay.
Charles rolls in with his two gay besties, Prissy finally realizes why he left her, and they all pitch in to save the ranch by turning it into a hot destination for the wealthy from the West Coast. It's a tired plot that's been done to death, but here it's done particularly badly. From the "fainting goats" who pass out at loud noises (in some of the worst CGI you'll ever see,) to her rival Bonnie, who is somehow played more insanely and less believably than even Prissy, the entire thing is painful to witness.
If jokes like Charles telling Prissy to "Stop fartin' around!" followed immediately by Prissy crapping herself and saying "It's dripping to my feet... gross.." are your idea of a good time, definitely tune into this one.
To make matters worse, everything looks incredibly cheap. The "Alcott Ranch" sign on the bar has clearly just been tacked up over whatever existing sign for the real ranch was already there. People are wearing wigs that seem like they were found at a thrift store. All of which would be fine if the movie was actually funny. When the big "launch" of the new ranch happens, it looks like they decorated with a $50 gift card from Hobby Lobby. Also I don't know what "Pommery" is or how much they paid for their sponsorship, but it's so obviously featured that it's embarrassing.
By the time you find out the big reveal of how Prissy paid for the big renovation and remodel, you'll be left flabbergasted that anyone would buy this convoluted plot.
Truly, everyone in this film is incredibly talented, so it's a shame such terrible writing lead to it being the clunker that it is.
Cox stars as Prissy, a country girl turned slutty party trash in Reno who has to head home when her family goes broke and decides to sell her family ranch. Right here is where we encounter the first and biggest problem with this film. Cox was was in her mid 40's when this film was made, making her far too long in the tooth to play the slutty, bimbo party girl. It's a character she has played before, but here she crosses the line into crazy-town, and there isn't a single second of Prissy that feels genuine.
Prissy's sluttin' it up in Reno when she gets the call that her family's oil has dried up and they're broke. She goes into a complete downward spiral, and enlists the help of her former fiancé Charles, who she never realized left her because he's gay.
Charles rolls in with his two gay besties, Prissy finally realizes why he left her, and they all pitch in to save the ranch by turning it into a hot destination for the wealthy from the West Coast. It's a tired plot that's been done to death, but here it's done particularly badly. From the "fainting goats" who pass out at loud noises (in some of the worst CGI you'll ever see,) to her rival Bonnie, who is somehow played more insanely and less believably than even Prissy, the entire thing is painful to witness.
If jokes like Charles telling Prissy to "Stop fartin' around!" followed immediately by Prissy crapping herself and saying "It's dripping to my feet... gross.." are your idea of a good time, definitely tune into this one.
To make matters worse, everything looks incredibly cheap. The "Alcott Ranch" sign on the bar has clearly just been tacked up over whatever existing sign for the real ranch was already there. People are wearing wigs that seem like they were found at a thrift store. All of which would be fine if the movie was actually funny. When the big "launch" of the new ranch happens, it looks like they decorated with a $50 gift card from Hobby Lobby. Also I don't know what "Pommery" is or how much they paid for their sponsorship, but it's so obviously featured that it's embarrassing.
By the time you find out the big reveal of how Prissy paid for the big renovation and remodel, you'll be left flabbergasted that anyone would buy this convoluted plot.
Truly, everyone in this film is incredibly talented, so it's a shame such terrible writing lead to it being the clunker that it is.
- jaybeebrad
- Jul 9, 2017
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It's almost impossible to describe this film, although a few others have tried. All that you might say is, imagine everything that could be wrong with a movie. Start with an impossibly inept script. Add direction that adds no direction. Then pile on incredibly cheap scenery and props. Maybe throw in some extraordinarily bad jokes. Make sure the actors are all in ill-fitting costumes. The sound quality should be bad. Don't hire a film editor. Make sure that there's no continuity. Then to top it off, add a number of good actors who have strong credits to their name, so as to confuse viewers into thinking, this might be a good movie. Don't be fooled. It is quite possibly the worst movie you will ever see.
As many of you readers might have noticed (and my dearest friends already know) I am one of those guys that can watch anything, and I love to find maligned movies in the hope of being the only one that can like them. When I looked here for OUT WEST I noticed that has a score of 4,9 and only 3 reviews all with scores of 1s and I suddenly asked 'Is it THAT terrible? Could it be?'. So last February I finally saw it and, while I hated it, I certainly didn't saw a reason to give it a 1. If you wanna know why, please read the following text.
Prissy Alcott (Jennifer Elise Cox) lives a lush life in a Reno casino but at the beginning she leaves it for returning to her childhood home in Colorado only to learn that her family is gone broke and the ranch has to be sold. So she has the genius idea of rebooting the family business work as a female rancher with the help of her gay friends, and at the same time Bonnie Calhoun is trying to steal her ranch with the help of her clumsy husband Cal (Sean Astin) that can't make anything good.
As I sat and watched OUT WEST I didn't assumed it was dreadful and worthy of a 1. Yes, it's bad... no doubt about it. But having seen lots of worse movies I can at least recognize one from afar. The main strike is that from time to time there were some very gross scenes that were unnecessary to begin with such as: when a calf has to be delivered there is lots of placenta and blood sprayed on the lead's dress; during the party's animal parade a pig starts to s**t all over the attendants and judges; when Annie is thrown out of the warehouse after an explosion she ends in lots of manure even tho Cal tried to prevent it; and there are many others but thankfully I forgot them.
Overall, a bad movie thanks to some very crass gags and a script that must have been written by some very gross people or some brain-damaged 15 year olds. If you are into bad movies, then give it a look and judge it by yourselves.
Prissy Alcott (Jennifer Elise Cox) lives a lush life in a Reno casino but at the beginning she leaves it for returning to her childhood home in Colorado only to learn that her family is gone broke and the ranch has to be sold. So she has the genius idea of rebooting the family business work as a female rancher with the help of her gay friends, and at the same time Bonnie Calhoun is trying to steal her ranch with the help of her clumsy husband Cal (Sean Astin) that can't make anything good.
As I sat and watched OUT WEST I didn't assumed it was dreadful and worthy of a 1. Yes, it's bad... no doubt about it. But having seen lots of worse movies I can at least recognize one from afar. The main strike is that from time to time there were some very gross scenes that were unnecessary to begin with such as: when a calf has to be delivered there is lots of placenta and blood sprayed on the lead's dress; during the party's animal parade a pig starts to s**t all over the attendants and judges; when Annie is thrown out of the warehouse after an explosion she ends in lots of manure even tho Cal tried to prevent it; and there are many others but thankfully I forgot them.
Overall, a bad movie thanks to some very crass gags and a script that must have been written by some very gross people or some brain-damaged 15 year olds. If you are into bad movies, then give it a look and judge it by yourselves.
- bellino-angelo2014
- Apr 23, 2023
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It came up as a suggestion on YouTube. Started watching a free version but the dubbing was too out of whack (the actors were saying something but the sound came out two seconds later).
The cover displayed a super cute Joel Rush and it also starred Ray Wise and Sean Astin. Those factors combined with it being a gay themed movie - can't go wrong! WRONG! Paid $6 to rent this on YouTube, it was honestly the first movie we'd paid for on YouTube and couldn't finish.
The pre-mentioned dubbing issue carried over to the rented version.
Jennifer Elise Cox is ok in one or two scenes in a movie but she produced this and tried to be the lead.
Massive NO NO. She's terrible!
Don't even attempt it!
The cover displayed a super cute Joel Rush and it also starred Ray Wise and Sean Astin. Those factors combined with it being a gay themed movie - can't go wrong! WRONG! Paid $6 to rent this on YouTube, it was honestly the first movie we'd paid for on YouTube and couldn't finish.
The pre-mentioned dubbing issue carried over to the rented version.
Jennifer Elise Cox is ok in one or two scenes in a movie but she produced this and tried to be the lead.
Massive NO NO. She's terrible!
Don't even attempt it!