History YMMV / CitySlickers

** Creator/JeffreyTambor has a cameo as Mitch's boss.

* ComedyGhetto: A rare aversion, as Jack Palance won Best Supporting Actor for his role as Curly at the 64th Academy Awards.

** Although his fortunately rescued by Mitch, the scene where Norman is swept away by the river is wrenching, not helped by his frantic, frightened bleating. Just imagine if Mitch hadn't heard him.

* NightmareFuel: During a fight with the drunk cowhands, Phil holds a gun to one of their heads and threatens to kill him unless his partner throws his gun. Even then, he starts to spiral into a dark place where he [[NotSoDifferentRemark sees the bully-some rancher as an extension of his hated father-in-law]] and is '''highly''' tempted to shoot him. Thankfully he doesn't, but it's the darkest, most intense part of the movie.

* NightmareFuel: During a fight with the drunk ranchers, Phil holds a gun to one of their heads and threatens to kill him unless his partner throws his gun. Even then, he starts to spiral into a dark place where he [[NotSoDifferentRemark sees the bully-some rancher as an extension of his hated father-in-law]] and is '''highly''' tempted to shoot him. Thankfully he doesn't, but it's the most intense part of the movie.

* ValuesDissonance: Phil sleeping with one of his employees is supposed to be a sign of how miserable he is with his marriage. But since the Me Too movement, his impregnation of a barely legal subordinate is now considered to be grossly unethical.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Depends on if you saw the sequel first. If you did, then you know going into the first film that [[spoiler: Curly dies.]]

** Ed describes the best day of his life as the day he kicked his abusive father out of his family. He also says it was the worst day of his life.

** Phil breaking down over the dissolution of his marriage. Not to mention the implication that he was about to kill himself before Mitch and Ed came in. Even sadder is that the marriage was utterly miserable, yet Phil's demeanor makes it clear that he's still sad about it breaking up, rather than relieved.

* TearJerker: Ed describes the best day of his life as the day he kicked his abusive father out of his family. He also says it was the worst day of his life.

** Yeardley Smith, aka [[WesternAnimatino/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]], as Phil's mistress.

* HamAndCheese: Duke in II, Palance relishes every single second he's on screen. Just look at his eyes when he talks about ''gooooooold''.

** [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Jeffrey]] [[Series/TheLarrySandersShow Tambor]] has a cameo as Mitch's boss.

** Phil breaking down over the dissolution of his marriage. Not to mention the implication that he was about to kill himself before Mitch and Ed came in. Even sadder is that the marriage was utterly miserable, yet Phil's demeanor makes it clear that he's still sad about it breaking up, rather than relieved.

** Also, Jake Gyllenhaal appears as Mitch's son (in his film debut).

* TearJerker: Ed describes the best day of his life as the day he kicked his abusive father out of his family. He also says it was the worst day of his life.

** Also, Jake Gyllenhaal appears as Mitch's son (in his film debut).

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** Also, Jake Gyllenhaal appears as Mitch's son (in his film debut).
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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Jeffrey]] [[Series/TheLarrySandersShow Tambor]] has a cameo as Mitch's boss.

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** Also, Jake Gyllenhaal appears as Mitch's son (in his film debut).

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Marc Shaiman's sweeping Western-style score.

* RetroactiveRecognition: [[ArrestedDevelopment Jeffrey]] [[TheLarrySandersShow Tambor]] has a cameo as Mitch's boss.