Personally, I think this film is one of the cleverest and funniest spoofs I've ever seen, and in many ways even warmly uplifting. I have to imagine that the well matched cast had a great time doing this one, and that there were more than a few retakes because the actors kept cracking up at their own performances, which are, in my humble opinion, universally and hilariously well executed without ever retreating into slapstick. I was especially floored by the sidekick/narrator (that first bar scene is priceless). The humor is ongoing, and the film pokes fun at a dozen social stereotypes as it seeks, tongue-in-cheek, to resolve an unexpected and not so unfamiliar wrinkle in the problem of "good vs. bad" using the 1930's Western as a template for the tale.
That said, I've recommended "Rustlers Rhapsody" to a variety of people, but have been completely unable to predict with even remote accuracy who will like it and who will not; just one of those movies, I guess. So I've given up on that approach and now I don't try to guess; I just recommend it to everybody.
That said, I've recommended "Rustlers Rhapsody" to a variety of people, but have been completely unable to predict with even remote accuracy who will like it and who will not; just one of those movies, I guess. So I've given up on that approach and now I don't try to guess; I just recommend it to everybody.