I was pleasantly surprised by this movie-especially after all the negative reviews. I love history and have been researching Lewis and Clark, but obviously this is not a documentary (in fact, it seems to be one of only two non-documentary movies about L&C), so I gave them a pass. In fact, without being a costume expert, myself, I was pleased with what seemed to be accurate costuming for the men and the Native American tribes... the one notable exception being the Spanish characters, who are a couple centuries out of fashion, but it's supposed to be silly.
At times it's absurd, at times crude, and at times just plain dumb, but still a cute and funny movie with lots of laugh-out-loud moments for me. The plot is simple (a team of misfits trying to beat Lewis and Clark to the Pacific), and the characters' back stories are lacking, but it's a charming story of friendship at its heart.
Eugene Levy and his eyebrows play a humorous role, but his character is underutilized. The Sacajawean "Shaquinna" unfortunately serves more as an object than a character, but tbf the actress is beautiful (although not played by a Native woman, unfortunately). Matthew Perry's prim and proper expedition leader is awkward at times, but he plays well off of Chris Farley's crass frontiersman, and the entire cast-with the exception of maybe the Spaniards-got multiple laughs out of me. There are some great recurring jokes that could have been taken even further, imo.
If you're looking for something dumb and funny with some great laughs, along the lines of a Mel Brooks movie, I think you'll enjoy Almost Heroes.
At times it's absurd, at times crude, and at times just plain dumb, but still a cute and funny movie with lots of laugh-out-loud moments for me. The plot is simple (a team of misfits trying to beat Lewis and Clark to the Pacific), and the characters' back stories are lacking, but it's a charming story of friendship at its heart.
Eugene Levy and his eyebrows play a humorous role, but his character is underutilized. The Sacajawean "Shaquinna" unfortunately serves more as an object than a character, but tbf the actress is beautiful (although not played by a Native woman, unfortunately). Matthew Perry's prim and proper expedition leader is awkward at times, but he plays well off of Chris Farley's crass frontiersman, and the entire cast-with the exception of maybe the Spaniards-got multiple laughs out of me. There are some great recurring jokes that could have been taken even further, imo.
If you're looking for something dumb and funny with some great laughs, along the lines of a Mel Brooks movie, I think you'll enjoy Almost Heroes.