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05/24/03
The Frisco Kid (1979)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:7
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: In Robert Aldrich's hysterical comedic Western THE FRISCO KID, a sweetly innocent Polish rabbi, Avram Belinsky (Gene Wilder), travels through 1850s America toward his new congregation and wife in... [More]
Starring: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri, Penny Peyser
Director: Robert Aldrich
Reviews for The Frisco Kid
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03/26/09
Top CriticAbsurd Western spoof, that relies almost solely on its ethnic brand of humor to get over.
07/02/07
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05/26/06
Aldrich's film is a timeless classic with a bevy of super performances.
03/03/06
The Frisco Kid made me laugh several times and smile often... I'd say that makes it at least a mildly successful film and a fairly enjoyable one, too.
02/13/06
No review available.
06/23/05
Robert Aldrich's penultimate film is an easygoing work of some considerable charm that relies far too much on ethnic humor to sit quite as comfortably as it might like.
06/15/05
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05/09/05
Top CriticCute but forgettable Western comedy.
02/17/05
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10/23/04
Top CriticEthnic comedy-western with good Wilder-Ford chemistry
10/23/04
No review available.
05/28/04
The Frisco Kid works thanks to Gene Wilder's jaunty, sweet and convincing triumph of comic bravado.
01/27/04
Funny, it's not. Sometimes stereotypically offensive, it is.
11/29/03
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09/04/03
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06/04/03
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