Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

pointyfilippa The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

tavm Just watched this again on YouTube, several years after originally seeing this late at night on TNT. This was the last theatrical movie for The Three Stooges and it's quite a good one to go out on even though they had one more film to go (that would be Kook's Tour which was another of their TV pilots and which I'll review next). Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe are photographers in Boston when the movie starts. Adam West runs their newspaper department and is passionate about the possible extinction of the buffalo. When their boss (regular Stooge supporting player Emil Sitka) tells of how low that speices seems to be in number, they go west to try to prevent it. I'll stop there and just say the Stooges are as funny as ever with their physical comedy and there are also some anachronistic gags about modern times that were nice surprises especially a couple of ones about The Beatles! The producer/director was Norman Maurer-Moe's son-in-law. Also Maurer's son Jeffrey Scott appears as the only underage kid here. And Don Lamond-who's the main villain here-is Larry's son-in-law. The famous gunslingers whose names get printed on screen as they are introed are all played by TV kids hosts who showed Stooges shorts on their stations. Among them was Joe Bolton who previously appeared in the Stooges-with-Curly compilation film Stop! Look! and Laugh! Interesting sidelight: After this movie, Adam West would become a big star in the "Batman" series and Henry Gibson-the college-educated young adult Indian who criticizes the Pidgin English Lamond communicates to his father-would be a regular on "Laugh-In". So on that note, I recommend The Outlaws Is Coming.

crmfghtr This not only has some great Stooge schtick but lots of funny satire on old west films, modern life, even spoofing the Stooges themselves. Some bits are like a forerunner to Saturday Night Live "A Japanese Beetle?" Not my favorite Stooge feature film that goes to Hercules for its wonderful story, and great fun. However it is the funniest and most clever in delivery of humor. I like the Stooge 2 reelers a lot, seen them all. However lets face it, how many times can you laugh at Moe slapping or doing an eye poke? The feature films matured them, pun intended, into good story, cast and broader humor. The stooges morphed into whatever era situation was required to keep going. They should be proud of this, well done boys. So if you want non stop eye pokes and slaps, watch a Jules White directed 2 reeler, if you are in the mood for something different, this is for you.

Michael Morrison Some grown-up dialog -- "Look at all those fighting Indians" (and if you don't get the joke, then you never heard the original story about the Custer memorial) -- far-above-average acting and just generally good production values elevate this Stooges movie.Of course there is the usual Stooges schtick, without which we would feel terribly bereft, and Joe DeRita shows he is a superb Stooge.Emil Sitka played three parts! As is mentioned elsewhere, he had been a "Fourth Stooge" for so many pictures, he was slated to become a Third Stooge, to replace the ill Larry Fine, but no movie ever got produced.That is a shame for him and for us, for us who loved the Stooges, and especially for us who loved him.Most of the cast members, except for Adam West, were not very well known, but they showed some understated acting ability that proved their talent and demonstrated how good a Stooges movie could be.The guys were lucky. So many other comics and comedy groups or teams declined, but their last picture might well be their best.I hope everyone will get a chance to see this, for the sheer fun of it, and for the chance to evaluate the Three Stooges and their work.

slymusic Produced and directed by Moe Howard's son-in-law Norman Maurer, "The Outlaws Is Coming" is by no means the Three Stooges' greatest Western; that honor is reserved for some of their earlier shorts such as "Goofs and Saddles" (1937) and "Punchy Cowpunchers" (1950). Yet, "Outlaws" is still quite an entertaining comedy Western. The Stooges apparently wanted to make this final feature film as a tribute to the TV kid show hosts around the country who aired the Three Stooges shorts on their programs. So these hosts appear in this picture as special guests who portray all the assorted famous bandits from Bat Masterson (Ed T. McDonnell) to Billy the Kid (Johnny Ginger). Even Larry Fine's son-in-law Don Lamond, who portrays a prominent villain named Rance Roden, was a sportscaster who at one time hosted his own television show that aired the Stooge shorts. (Wait until after you see "The Outlaws Is Coming" before you read the next few paragraphs.) One of the funniest aspects of this Western is that it is rife with sixties jokes. Some examples are: 1.) a skunk named Elvis and an Indian maiden named Zsa Zsa; 2.) Larry's "Cleveland Indians" reference; 3.) Rance Roden selling a gigantic tank wagon to the Indians, guaranteed for 12,000 soldiers or 12,000 miles, whichever occurs first; 4.) sixties twist music coming from Curly-Joe's hunting horn; and 5.) the sign indicating parking hours for horses (8 to 6 except Sundays, Holidays & Hangings).Here are some other highlights from "The Outlaws Is Coming." The Stooges' Indian disguises (especially Curly-Joe's) fall apart as they attempt to dance. On two occasions the Stooges attempt to take a picture with their accordion camera, but they use too much flash powder and blow up everything in sight. Larry and Curly-Joe discover they're in the wrong hotel room while they are searching for the outlaws' guns. When Moe lectures the outlaws, he does an amusing take-off of the "Ya Got Trouble" number from "The Music Man" (1962). When Larry chats with the bartender (Harold "Tiny" Brauer), some of their words are cuckooed out. Moe accidentally sits in a puddle of glue, forcing Larry and Curly-Joe to engage in some hilarious ways of setting him free. And finally, Charlie Horse (Henry Gibson), an Indian with a southern drawl, expresses his disgust with the stereotypical Hollywood pidgin of Indians.To close, here are a couple of interesting tidbits about "The Outlaws Is Coming." First, I have never heard Moe shout any louder than he does at various junctures in this film. And second, when the Cavalry arrives at the end, Moe says, "Here they come, late as usual," which is an inside joke referring to the earlier Three Stooges short "Out West" (1947), in which the Cavalry also arrives late.