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.
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03/07/05
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... [More]
Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest
Director: Preston Sturges
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Reviews for Sullivan's Travels
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
...just not as funny as its choir of supporters have made it out to be.
01/08/07
...a plot with more curves than Veronica Lake.
03/10/03
Sullivan's Travels (1941) is generally considered one of writer/director Preston Sturges' greatest dramatic comedies - and a satirical statement of his own director's creed.
01/01/00
Comedy doesn't come much more classic. If you haven't seen it, it's about time you did.
01/01/00
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.
01/01/00
Not remotely a defense of junk, but it does respect comedy as a force for escapism.
02/03/09
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
It’s no wonder that the film remains hugely influential to this day.
03/05/02
A dubious proposition, but in Sturges's hands a charming one, filled out by his unparalleled sense of eccentric character.
06/27/07
Top CriticA work of great depth and humanity that also happens to be very funny.
08/16/01
It's a great comedy, with a message that works in context, the flophouses of life's downside contrasting with Hollywood's absurd hedonism.
01/01/00
I was impressed by the almost self-referential nature.
02/28/02
...a search for the director’s meaning in his work and a reassuring statement about Sturges’s own understanding of his art.
09/17/01
It is, quite simply, a dazzling piece of filmmaking.
10/19/09
A delicious tragi-comedy set during the Great Depression.
04/01/05
Sturges' dialog is trenchant, has drive, possesses crispness and gets the laughs where that is desired.
06/27/07
Top CriticA full-blooded thesis deriding the boring message film.
08/09/02
...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.
01/01/00
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