Sullivan's Travels

SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941) - May 1, 2005
A well directed, well written and extremely entertaining film about a director who pretends to be a hobo to make his next movie more authentic. Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake were both really good delivering the kind of snappy dialogue you don't see in movies anymore. The movie was more than just snappy dialogue though, as the characters became people we really care about. The movie was a sort of comedy/drama, though mostly a comedy. At ninety minutes long there wasn't a wasted moment in the film, and the whole thing just flew by. ****