SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

bkoganbing Dean Jones may have replaced Fred MacMurray as the Disney Studio's favorite male lead actor for their G rated films. But personally I think he's more the Jimmy Stewart type right down to the stuttering. Never was Dean more like Jimmy than in Snowball Express.One day in the life of insurance salesman Dean Jones comes David White who brings him the news that he now owns a hotel in some small town in the Colorado rockies. So seeing a chance of escaping the 9 to 5 grind Jones quits the job and packs Nancy Olsen and the two kids Kathleen Cody and Johnny Whittaker and its off to Colorado.It's quite the rundown little palace they've inherited it even includes a permanent boarder in old prospector Harry Morgan. But Jones sees an opportunity for a ski resort and sets about making his dream come true.Of course he has to face skinflint banker Keenan Wynn who has his own venal reasons as bankers in Disney films usually do. Wynn is playing essentially another version of Alonzo Hawk the villain in The Absent Minded Professor and Son Of Flubber.The climax is a snowmobile race with the prize money enough to bail him out of the debt Jones has incurred with Wynn. Young Mike McGreevey can't drive as he usually would so Jones and Morgan have to race Wynn. It's a pretty funny race as is also the rescue of McGreevey when he's left hanging in a tree off a mountainside.Snowball Express is a nice family comedy from the Magic Kingdom with a little magic in the story.

jre-5 Most of the movie is very fun, entertaining and humorous, not really anything outstanding, but quite good. I've enjoyed it a lot. It's a nice little adventure of a family starting a business. It often gets me imagining what will happen next, and what would've happened if some things had gone differently.There are however a few things that I don't like about it. Note that this contains a spoiler. The main thing I don't like is the way that the big snowmobile race ends. It's quite a race, and is one of those races that you expect them to win. And they almost do, but unlike most movies like this, they don't quite win, in fact they never cross the finish line at all. It's easy to know why they did it this way, because if they had the prize money at the end, they never would've found out all that they owned. But there definitely could've been better ways of doing it. One possibility could've been to have them win, and find out afterwards that the prize money won't arrive until it's too late to use it. I think having the money stolen from them, or even getting disqualified would've been better than loosing the race entirely. I also don't like it that John's wife threatens to leave him if he does the race.But despite a few things that could've been better, it really is a good movie, with a happy ending.

disdressed12 there's are certainly a few amusing moments here,and i think i laughed pretty hard twice.overall,though,i thought it would be funnier than it was.it's still entertaining,and it's suitable for the whole family.there's no crude,lewd or potty humour.i think the DVD is missing a bit of footage from the version i viewed on TV way back.there's one hysterical scene that's missing.it's a very memorable scene.too.if you're looking to pass 93 minutes of your time,this movie will certainly do the trick.and who knows,you may even find it drop dead funny.it all depends on your taste.for me,The Snowball Express is a 5/10

bensonmum2 I was nine years old when Disney's Snowball Express first came out. I can still remember seeing it in the theaters and having an absolute wonderful time with it. I've seen it several times over the years since and while I no longer consider it one of my favorites, I still have a good time with it. Regardless of how old I've become or how much my taste in movies has changed, Snowball Express never fails to provide some level of entertainment or make me laugh out loud at a couple of the funnier moments. It's just good, simple, clean fun.One thing that makes many of these Disney live action films good to me is the presence of Dean Jones. He is an Everyman. He has such an easy-going, amiable air about him that it's easy to put yourself in his shoes. His reaction to situations and events occurring around him rings true (given a certain level of exaggeration necessary for comedy). It's this believability that makes him relatable and perfect for a role like the one in Snowball Express.