Not very funny

I'm right with you shandy8. Sometimes an actor playing a stone cold moron is funny. This movie is not one of them. Lucille Ball's character Tacy could not possibly be more infantile and idiotic. Desi Arnez' character Nicky couldn't be more of a doormat and not in a cute way.

The couple had great chemistry, both do physical comedy wonderfully, Tacy's clothes were luscious and the scenery was to die for. But I couldn't get over how brainless the main characters were.

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I agree with shandy8, this film can be excruciating to watch. I saw this movie on television as a kid and thought it was funny. Watching it now as a 30+ adult, much of the movie made me cringe. "Nicky" sure put up with a lot of "Tracy's" demands to try to make her (if at all possible) happy.
I did enjoy seeing a slice of America in the 1950's, the cars, towns, fashions. The wedding gift monogramed luggage seen towards the end of the film is almost exactly the same set my parents had...they were married in 1952.
Another aspect of the film I could totally relate to was Tracy's penchant for collecting rocks. In 1973 my family took a long, long camping trip in a motor home and MY MOTHER collected some good sized rocks along the way. My father became progressively annoyed just as Nicky did. I am sure dad considered disposing of the souvenir rocks in the same manner.
To sum up the long, long, trailer.....as a mature adult, I cannot fathom a man loving a woman so much to endure all his sufferings. Some examples: The cash flowing out of his wallet like water, no place to put his clothes, her inability to drive the car & trailer, ad nauseam.
And don't think a male chauvinist pig wrote this, a WOMAN is writing this!

Robert Osborn on TCM said this movie made more money than MGM's comedy-record setter "Father of the Bride".

I think alot of that had to do with the fact that not only were the Arnazes - in their "Ricardo" mode - presented in color, they were also larger than life.

I wish I could see this movie in a theater. All of us have only known them on the little screen. This movie is the one opportunity to see them 8 feet tall (projecting an episode of "I Love Lucy" on large TV screen is just not the same thing).

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by shandy8 (Mon Jun 23 2008 15:57:38)
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I have seen this movie many times over the years, and I find it delightful in many respects (as I do "Forever Darling); however, many of the scenes that are supposed to be funny just make me cringe. I wish there were more of Nikkie and Tacy enjoying themselves. It seems as though it is nothing but conflict, and most of it is excruciating to watch.

Love the small part where they are driving through Yosemite singing, but, other than that, it seems like they are either fighting or suffering through the problems of the trialer. The scene with Madge Blake ("Poor Grace" scene) is just miserable to watch.

How could Minnelli have let this movie be released as is? Does anybody else feel that the 'comedt' is unfunny?

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How funny should a movie about a troubled marriage be?
It's definately not slapstick like I Love Lucy. I've always loved this movie since I saw it as a kid in the 60's. I probably even saw it the first time on a B&W TV. I guess there are a few funny parts like Ma Kettle and Floyd helping with Tacy's sprained foot, backing the trailer into the rose bushes, falling out the door into the mud, and off course trying to cook in a moving Trailer, but mostly I see it as a character study with a series of mishaps and turmoil. I also like it more as it ages, as a great nostalgia piece.

are you smoking crack.. the movie is funny where tracy fell into the mud
and at the traffic light you don't know a good movie if it bit you on the ass

I thought it was very funny.and Minnelli did a good job directing it.

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