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Sullivan's Travels (1941)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:29

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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 rediscover the daily lives of the Joe Lunchpails as research for his socially responsible next film, O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? Giving up all his unnecessaries, he begins his cross-country road trip in hobo's clothes with barely a dime in his pocket to regain his focus. [More]

Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest

Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, Byron Foulger, Margaret Hayes

Director: Preston Sturges

Director: Preston Sturges
Screenwriter: Preston Sturges
Producer: Paul Jones
Composer: Leo Shuken, Charles Bradshaw

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Aug 21, 2001

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...everything in this wonderful film works. And it presents a spectacular array of emotions and situations that allow for Sturges's magical direction and script to quickly turn all the film's sharp corners with his characters.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
TV Guide's Movie Guide

...it ends up coming down solidly on the side of laughs (thanks to writer/director Preston Sturges), beauty (thanks to Veronica Lake) and self-effacing modesty (thanks to Joel McCrea).

Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
11/06/01
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Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
11/13/07
Channel 4 Film

Comedy doesn't come much more classic. If you haven't seen it, it's about time you did.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Angie Errigo
Angie Errigo
Empire Magazine
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Sullivan's Travels is one of the screen's more 'significant' films.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times

The film may have been something of a manifesto for Sturges, whose own specialty was smart, meaningful pictures, naturally -- the ones that make people laugh.

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

...just not as funny as its choir of supporters have made it out to be.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/08/07
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

A dubious proposition, but in Sturges's hands a charming one, filled out by his unparalleled sense of eccentric character.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
06/27/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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A delicious tragi-comedy set during the Great Depression.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
04/01/05
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

No review available.

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06/15/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Sullivan's Travels is a gem, an almost serious comedy not taken entirely seriously, with wonderful dialogue, eccentric characterisations, and superlative performances throughout.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

It's a great comedy, with a message that works in context, the flophouses of life's downside contrasting with Hollywood's absurd hedonism.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
01/01/00
George Perry
George Perry
BBC

Its message drags it from the front guard of Sturges's work, but it shines nonetheless.

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07/08/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

A work of great depth and humanity that also happens to be very funny.

comment Comment
08/16/01
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

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.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
03/07/05
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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11/07/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

It’s no wonder that the film remains hugely influential to this day.

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03/05/02
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

...a search for the director’s meaning in his work and a reassuring statement about Sturges’s own understanding of his art.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
09/17/01
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Preston Sturges' most personal and possibly best film

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10/17/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

...a plot with more curves than Veronica Lake.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
 
 
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