Barry Del Sherman, Bokeem Woodbine, Chris Farley

It was a time of heroes. Well, almost. They were hearty men in those days. Men who, like Bartholomew Hunt and Leslie Edwards, made sure that when adventure called, it got a wrong number. Chris Farley ...( read more  read more... )and Matthew Perry team with director Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show) to venture into uncharted comedy territory. Where explorers Lewis and Clark go, Hunt (Farley) and Edwards (Perry) follow, hoping to overtake the famed expeditioners and be the more fiery trailblazers. In a land dotted with bears, native tribes, pioneer outposts and wandering conquistadors having a bad hair day, is there not also room for two more adventurers eager to make a name for themselves? Westward ho-ho-ho!

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PG-13, 90 min.

Directed by: Christopher Guest

Release Date: May 29, 1998

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DVD Release Date: August 30, 2005

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  • September 24, 2007
    Okay.
  • January 14, 2007
    Terribly unfunny comedy about two adventurers' travels to the American Pacific coast in 1804.
  • December 20, 2006
    Chris was funny in it but not that great
  • May 30, 2008
    Bad.
  • March 17, 2008
    pretty good movie,very funny.liked it.
  • November 19, 2009
    Pretty funny. Thanks Jake for telling me about it and watching it with me.
  • November 19, 2009
    AN OKAY FILM BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN FUNNIER
  • November 13, 2009
    "Polishin the ole' puter hahaha... shakin hands with the general hahahah.... "
  • October 4, 2009
    kinda just trickled along with farley getting hurt to provide the laughs... some moments that were funny but just not enough overall. adding some female nudity would of helped with such a script!?
  • September 9, 2009
    Honestly i think this movie is classic

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  • jdawg1447
    March 19, 2007
    definatley tommyboy
  • NightMary
    December 4, 2006
    O.K, if U had to choose... Almost Heroes or Tommyboy?

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