SummaryHollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
Directed By:Preston Sturges
Written By:Preston Sturges
Sullivan's Travels
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
89
User score
Generally Favorable
7.4
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
89
100% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
0% Mixed
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100
This brilliant, often devastating look at Hollywood and the real world behind its tinsel is arguably Preston Sturges's greatest film.
100
The greatest art not only shows us how to live, it comforts us in our darkest hours. This realisation will stand as Preston Sturges’ genius.
100
Comedy doesn't come much more classic. If you haven't seen it, it's about time you did.
90
A beautifully trenchant satire upon "social significance" in pictures, a stinging slap at those fellows who howl for realism on the screen and a deftly sardonic apologia for Hollywood make-believe.
88
Preston Sturges jammed volumes of sociological concerns into a 90-minute satire with Sullivan’s Travels, Hollywood’s greatest comedy.
80
It's a great comedy, with a message that works in context, the flophouses of life's downside contrasting with Hollywood's absurd hedonism.
70
Sullivan’s Travels is a curious but effective mixture of grim tragedy, slapstick of the Key- stone brand and smart, trigger-fast comedy.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.4
69% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
23% Mixed
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8% Negative
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1 Rating
Apr 18, 2025
7
Creo que es una película bastante dispar, porque en un primer momento, en la búsqueda de entender la promesa, siempre terminaba recurriendo a su fortuna, sea consciente o de forma inconsciente. Y la pobreza, con todo lo que eso implica, va mucho más allá; al finalizar el día, no tienes tus millones en el banco, no puedes simplemente un día dejar de ser pobre. Y es cierto, al final de la película realmente vive y encuentra la verdad de lo que estaba buscando, y justo por esa experiencia y por lo que aprendió ahí, puedo decir que es una buena película, pero a secas, con las justas.
Aug 9, 2024
6
Out of touch director decides to 'slum it' to better understand the plight of the common folk for his next movie, ends up meeting a stone cold knockout 10/10 blonde who will join him on the 2nd day.
Production Company:
- Paramount Pictures
Release Date:Feb 6, 1942
Duration:1 h 30 m
Rating:TV-G
Tagline:A Happy-Go Lucky Hitch-Hiker on the Highway to happiness! He wanted to see the world . . . but wound up in Lover's Lane!
Awards
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
