Absolutely brilliant

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Newlyweds (Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz) buy large travel trailer to drive around the country on their honeymoon. As you might expect -- any and every thing that can go wrong, does. Hilarious slapstick comedy from Vincente Minnelli with Lucy and Desi, at the height of their TV show fame, in rich Anscocolor. It's a movie I've long loved. If you're an I Love Lucy fan you'll get a kick out of this. It's a lot like the brand of humor you see on that show. The thing I like the most about the movie, besides being very funny, is that it looks so good. It was shot both on the great MGM backlot and on location in several beautiful places in California. The color is lovely, too. Also, I'm no trailer buff but I loved all the stuff with the trailers and the cars. I'm a sucker for minutiae in older films and this one is full of odds & ends people like me can savor. It's a very simple but funny comedy with lots of extras for nostalgists and fans of classic Hollywood.

I guess I was a great deal younger then, when I first saw this movie. I remembered the rocks taken along despite Desi's instruction and the tension he had piloting all that tonnage. I was really looking forward to a wonderful, nostalgic romp from the past. Instead, I received a reality check. The sight gags didn't tickle my funny bone, I found Lucy's failure to take any responsibility for endangering their lives with her boulder collection somewhat an antidote to humor, and I looked for, and didn't see, any on-screen chemistry between these two. There was none of the sparkle of romance, and mere lip service to their repeatedly foiled honeymoon. It was far too easy to forget they were newlyweds. I found myself looking to identify each of the old cars (did you see that 46 Buick? the 50 Studebaker?) instead of letting myself be drawn into the movie. And I began worrying about that poor 53 Mercury more than was conducive to enjoying the movie.

Tacy and Nicky by a 40' trailer to be their home in early married life. The story is told in flash-backs from Nicky's point of view. The couple plans to travel from California to Colorado for Nicky's first job assignment after the wedding - honeymooning along the way. The fun starts as soon as they pull out of the driveway and never stops. Everything that can possibly go wrong, does.Now this is called this "full-timing". This movie is a must for anyone who dreams of extended travel in any kind of RV. All of us have experienced a few of these goofs, and it reminds us that things never go as smoothly as you planned. I love it!

I know many many of you say towing a big trailer such as a 32' or 40' is impossible or hard to do with an old 125hp car or anything of the likes, But I have found out first hand through my grandfather, that it is entirely possible, the cars were made out of solid metal, not as heavy as the trailer but still a solid "brick", we used a 1958 caddy to tow a 40' detroiter that was made in about 1956, we had little problem hauling that thing, I mean other then not being able to really see anything behind or beside the trailer.To this day I personally own those 2 vehicles and regularly travel with them both, the engine of course needs matence every few hundred miles (just like in the movie), but she runs sound.