It is, quite simply, a dazzling piece of filmmaking.
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10/19/09
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:29
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.7/10
Synopsis: Frustrated film director Sullivan (Joel McCrea) is fed up with serving out easily digestible but ultimately meaningless chunks of comedy for the studios. He decides to set off across America to... [More]
Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest
Director: Preston Sturges
Reviews for Sullivan's Travels
Not remotely a defense of junk, but it does respect comedy as a force for escapism.
02/03/09
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11/13/07
No review available.
07/29/07
Sturges' dialog is trenchant, has drive, possesses crispness and gets the laughs where that is desired.
06/27/07
Top CriticA dubious proposition, but in Sturges's hands a charming one, filled out by his unparalleled sense of eccentric character.
06/27/07
...just not as funny as its choir of supporters have made it out to be.
01/08/07
Sullivan's Travels is a gem, an almost serious comedy not taken entirely seriously, with wonderful dialogue, eccentric characterisations, and superlative performances throughout.
02/09/06
No review available.
06/15/05
A delicious tragi-comedy set during the Great Depression.
04/01/05
Forgotten for years along with its maker, writer/director Preston Sturges, Sullivan's Travels has only recently enjoyed a comeback and induction into classic status.
03/07/05
No review available.
01/21/05
No review available.
01/07/05
Its message drags it from the front guard of Sturges's work, but it shines nonetheless.
07/08/04
The genius of this classic opening scene is that Sullivan's Travels is both screwball comedy and socially conscious melodrama — as well as a satire of socially conscious melodrama, and a serious apologetic for crowd-pleasing comedy.
09/12/03
Sullivan's Travels is one of the screen's more 'significant' films.
05/20/03
Top Critic...a plot with more curves than Veronica Lake.
03/10/03
No review available.
11/07/02
Preston Sturges' most personal and possibly best film
10/17/02
No review available.
08/30/02
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