Sullivan's Travels

USA 1941, 90 minutes
Dir. Preston Sturges
Genres: Classics

Feat. Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest

Aroview: Hailed as dir. Sturges most reflective statement on his comic art, this finds lightweight Hollywood director Joel McCrea dressing as a tramp in order to gather material for his Great Depression opus ‘O Brother Where Art Thou?’. Good at poking fun at (and punishing) pretentious do-gooders, this uneasily stirs self-satire into the mix too, but succeeds overall in its high farcical moments and sophisticated sense of irony.

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5 stars (Exceptional) Anti - 'message' movie with a message? I have trouble decoding all the levels of irony in this, but a marvellous entertainment nonetheless. AND it has Veronica Lake... ~HiFi
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4 stars (Very Good) Witty writing and peak-Veronica Lake keep this movie feeling fresh, even when the jokes haven't aged well. There's a prat fall that takes AGES. But the film takes some unexpected turns and has a prescient laugh at celebrity charity culture. ~Pop&Coffee

DVD Features

Criterion + Retail versions include the feature documentary, "Preston Sturges - Rise and Fall of the American Dreamer", also available separately on VHS.