ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

richard-1787 Others have written on what makes this a great movie, which it is. I won't repeat them.I will say, though, that the end very much came as a surprise to me. Once Sullivan begins his travels to discover what life is really like in the America of 1941, headed into war and still not out of the Depression, he sees the terrible poverty of the hobo. No attempt is made to glamorize the hobo life, as had been done in earlier 1930s movies.Then Sullivan ends up in a Southern workcamp and sees the injustices there, the sort of thing we would not really see again until some of Sidney Poitier's movies in the early 1960s.When Sullivan gets back to Hollywood at the end of the picture, I was sure he was going to make a movie that would denounce those inequalities and injustices. Instead, he wants to go back to making comedies. I found that, to say the least, very surprising.

Richie Sarcone I was 110% blown away by this film. It is a crying shame that Sullivan's Travels is not on the IMDb top 250. As a lover of classic movies I'm ashamed of myself for not have seeing it earlier. Veronica Lake gives an outstanding performance as the mysterious girl and Joel McCrea perfectly en-captures the complicated film director John Sullivan. This movie is a perfect blend of comedy, romance, drama, and raw emotion rolled up into one perfect black and white old school 40s film. The acting is superb as both the leading actors and supporting ones bring the film together to make it truly special. This film gives great perspective from the points of view of both the rich and poor alike. A MUST SEE FOR ANY CLASSIC MOVIE LOVER. Treat yourself to an hour and a half of joy, sadness and heartbreak with a twist ending. Take my word as a true film fan, this movie will not disappoint and if you don't see it i feel bad for you. Check out putlocker.is to watch for free along with thousands of other great movies.

John T. Ryan HERE WE HAVE yet another film which we have not reviewed up until now. Well, this time we cannot plea any sort of memory glitch. This time it is because, believe it or not, we hadn't seen it until yesterday, 11/28/14, on Turner Classic Movies.THE STORY STARTS out with a basic premise. Wealthy Hollywood Director, John Lloyd Sullivan (Joel McRea)sets out to truly see how the other half lives by masquerading as a vagrant. Wherever he goes, there is always he extensive support staff in traveling "studio"; being a deluxe camper. It appears that this hobo is a rich one.ALTHOUGH SO MUCH of the story is full of Writer/Director Preston Sturges' caustic humour and accompanying sought-gags, th story turns very dark at midway point. It happens that due to a mistaken identity, Director Sullivan is thought to have been killed. He winds up in a Southern prison chain-gang, at which point he appears to be at the real low point of his odyssey.IT IS DURING this stay behind bars that he has his true epiphany. A Congregation and Pastor of a Negro Church invites the prisoners and jailers of the Chain Gang to be their guests a the showing of Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE & PLUTO Cartoon. The uninhibited laughter that permeates all in attendance proves to Sullivan that it is this merriment that is a universal cure to so many ills of the world. He decides that the next movie will be a comedy.BESIDE THE FINE writing and direction by Mr. Sturges, we are treated to the rarity of such a powerful and talented cast. Besides Joel McRea, we have names like: Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, Byron Foulger and Richard Webb.WE MUST CONFESS that our favourite gag involves the widow (Estelle Howard) who hires "vagrant" Sulivan to do chores around her house, all the while planning to 6turn him into her own, private "Boy Toy". This is explicit and very bold for 1941.IN CONCLUSION, IT appears that Mr. Sturges had a real concern for those less fortunate; but he makes no plea for any sort of socialistic remedies. His approach is more in line with the more personal, heart felt and Christian way.

Reno Rangan We heard lots about 'Gulliver's Travels', so what is this 'Sullivan's Travels'? Well a similar kind theme that sets in the modern world (when the movie was made) where a wealthy man, Sullivan willingly takes an adventure to study about the lives on the streets as a homeless. Yes, both the titles are about the journey of self discovery. A well made movie with a fine pair of characters in the lead.John Sullivan, a film director who opposes his producers' idea of making his next feature as a comedy. Instead, he wanted to adapt the famous novel 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' which determines the realistic social issues. So the question arises that how much he's experienced to take the challenging project in the hand. Now he has to discover himself everything before coming to any conclusion. So then the life changing adventure begins till he gets all the answer he wanted with a little twist at the end.It was good to know that the movie with a concept like this was made almost 70 years ago and still looks fresh and original. As expected the adventure I was taking about was not completed in one long ran instead it split into many pieces. That is the thing that irked me the most in few parts of the movie. Otherwise, it would have been a masterpiece according to the my taste in film viewing.I would have liked it better if the story was flavoured with little sentiments in those adventure parts. Although it is a comedy movie which entertains well. But still the last 20 minutes or so were the excellent which also partially reminded the 86th Academy Award winner that based on the true story. In other word the last quarter of the movie was the best part you will find in all over the storytelling. As per my conclusion about the movie, it is not a must see movie, though if you wish to watch, you won't regret in seeing it.