SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Rainey Dawn Cute, corny, comedy classic. This film would not satisfy most of the youth today - the humor was quite a bit different back then than it is today but comedies like this still draws a viewing audience. The humor here is a bit "dry" but funny if you "get it".Hope & Crosby are quite a team and put on some fun song and dance routines as well. I still think the beginning of the film is the best part - the ending is good but the beginning quite fun.I don't think this is Bing or Bob's best film but it is a fun to watch if you like the "old school" humor.6/10

Petri Pelkonen The song-and-dance men George Cochran and Harold Gridley have to leave Melbourne, Australia in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals.They take a job as divers and soon they find themselves from an idyllic island on the way to Bali.They meet the beautiful Princess Lala.Now, these two may be the best of buddies, but when they see a woman they both like, they forget their friendship.That's what happens now.The boys start fighting over the hand of Princess Lala.But the locals don't have such good thoughts on their minds...Road to Bali (1952) was the 6th of the seven Road to...movies.It's directed by Hal Walker, and its writers include Frank Butler and Hal Kanter.Bob Hope and Bing Crosby made a fantastic pair.And when you add Dorothy Lamour to that list, what could be better? Murvyn Vye is Ken Arok.Leon Askin plays King Ramayana.There are also some "gag" appearances and great cameos in this movie.Bing's brother, bandleader Bob Crosby appears there.You see Humphrey Bogart dragging the boat from The African Queen.Crosby also finds his Oscar from that movie but Hope grabs that saying "Give me that.You've got one."Another great comedy team, Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin are there in a brief dream sequence.Dean is Man in Lala's dream while Jerry is the Woman.At the very end we see Jane Russell as her character from Son of Paleface.And then you see people like Carolyn Jones (Eunice) and Sylvia Lewis (Temple Dancer).The scene with the gorilla is funny.They all get hit by the natives with poisonous darts that make them all laugh.When the men are captured by the natives, Hope even misses the overly friendly gorilla.There are also some entertaining musical numbers.My favorite one must be with Hope, Crosby and Lamour swinging on the lianas and singing "The Merry-Go-Run-Around."You also hear the Tarzan yell made by Hope.This movie was among some other old comedies when I bought it a little while back.It's enjoyable to watch these old masters doing what they did best, and that is make us laugh.

Scaramouche2004 In 1952 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour reunited after five years to make another one of their famous and brilliantly funny Road pictures.This time around the cameras were destined to role in colour for the first (and only) time in the series, but they were determined to return to the old formula of a Road movie which had been altered slightly for their last outing to Rio.Bing and Bob, are once again two vaudeville entertainers are fleeing Australia and a shotgun wedding apiece, and in their desperation take a last resort job as deep sea divers for a tribe of Balineese treasure hunters.On the island they meet a beautiful Princess played by Lamour whose sensual charm and beauty finally persuades our two cowards to recover her fathers lost treasure from the giant squid infested depths.However when the Princess' cousin turns traitor and mobilises the entire island against them, they are forced to re-steal the treasure and flee for their lives.However when the threesome are shipwrecked on a supposedly deserted island the fun really starts as the natives are restless, in cahoots with the princess' cousin and determined to marry Bob and Bing off.....to each other!The full on zaniness returns in this sixth movie, with Bob and Bing's supposed ad-libs reaching fever pitch and Bobs irreverent cracks to the audience and the real world showing no signs of abating.We also have cameos from Bob Crosby (one time big band leader and brother of Leading man Bing) Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and Humphrey Bogart in the form of stock footage from The African Queen as he drags his boat through the weeds giving Bob the classic one-liner of, "Boy, is he lost!" Songs here are good too, with Lamour singing the exotic "Moonflowers" and the catchy number "Merry Go Runaround" sung by the trio round a makeshift campfire whilst swinging from trees.This is one of the best entries in the series and a thoroughly enjoyable movie.

mlraymond For some reason, this particular Road movie was on television more often than the others when I was a kid, and my sister and I used to crack up at the loony gags and sheer silliness of the picture. We were especially amused by the bit where the high priest asks the " God of the Sleeping Volcano" if he approves of the impending marriage between beautiful native princess Dorothy Lamour and the lecherous old king, and the volcano erupts with fire while a deep voice belches "NO!" The movie is practically nothing but a series of blackout sketches, ad-libs and in jokes, set against vividly colored backgrounds of islands, ancient temples, the sea, and jungles. The whole thing seems almost like a series of improvisations made up as they went along, after hours in a comedy club. There's just enough plot to move things along, some nice musical numbers, and a winking, nudging attitude toward the audience, best exemplified by a scene where romantic music starts playing and Hope turns to the audience and says, " He's gonna sing, folks, now would be a good time to go get the popcorn", and proceeds to put cotton in his ears as Crosby begins to serenade Lamour.Road to Bali may be dated and corny, but it was meant to be just silly fun even when it was new. Maybe not the best of the Road pictures, but plenty of fun, anyway.