SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

professorcombover Released in 1954, The Long, Long Trailer was made during the I Love Lucy era, and in it Lucy and Desi play slightly domesticated versions of their characters in I Love Lucy. Instead of a bandleader, Desi is apparently some kind of civil engineer. To cope with his being away on projects, Lucy comes up with the romantic idea of buying a trailer to live in so they can travel together without living in rented rooms or hotels. The difficulty of towing the big trailer behind their Mercury Monterey convertible is the plot of the movie. Such a concept is achieved mostly through set pieces, some of which go on painfully long. Some also seem taken from the much better Mickey Mouse short, "Mickey's Trailer." One of the set pieces near the end, a trip up a narrow mountain road with the overweight trailer, was actually filled with tension for me, and might be the best part of the movie.I watched this movie on TCM and the Ansco color was terrible. I don't know if this is because Ansco was a poor process or just because this was a bad print. It's unfortunate, because there was some otherwise spectacular scenery. Another visual defect for me was that scenes in a trailer park, and some other outdoor scenes too, were obviously shot on an indoor sound stage. You can tell even by the kind of dead sound. Since I mention the trailer parks, one oddity was that the society within, while folksy, bears no resemblance to the social dystopia we'd expect in a contemporary trailer park. There are really no invidious class hints.With Lucy's being a superstar, one would think that she should in some way be the hero of the movie. However, she's deeply annoying with her insistence on doing things her way with the trailer. There's one scene where she wants to drive and does so recklessly. It was also her fault that the trailer was too heavy for the mountain road. I was a fan of I Love Lucy, and I realize that the crucial part of making the madcap Lucy tolerable in the show was the resistance that Ricky, Fred, and Ethel exerted against her. Also, I don't know whether it's because I encountered her at a very young age, but Lucy has always seemed utterly sexless to me, very "aunt-like." Unlike some actors, who can plausibly play younger than their real age, Lucy, for me, is unable to do so. Therefore, it's disturbing to see her in romantic scenes, even if they're quite chaste. This movie is only mildly entertaining.

eck02 The Long Long Trailer has something for everyone as you watch in amazement of what was considered to be modern conveniences in 1953. The story of newlyweds traveling in their home on wheels is excellent, lovely and hilarious. For Lucy Ball and Desi Arnaz they shine as flirtatious yet humorous actors. Both actors are delightful to watch and have always been among my personal favorites to watch on TV. It is wonderful watching them in a full length comedy film. After their wedding, Tacy and Nicky have different opinions about where they should live as they begin their life together as man and wife, which creates a conflict. Nicky reminds Tacy of their budget for their first year of marriage and how they should save to buy a home. Tacy has her heart set on a Excelsier trailer home on wheels after seeing a trailer show. She talks Nicky into going $100 over budget and purchasing the trailer home of her dreams. He surprises his bride with the title to the 28 foot trailer as a wedding gift.

Applause Meter Lucy and Ricky are on the road. Oh, yes they're on the lam, fugitives from Manhattan and hiding out from Fred and Ethel, taking on the new identities of "Nicky" and Tacy." But they can't fool us. It's the Ricardos up to their old tricks, furious and fast. They're newlyweds and Tacy subjects them both to a honeymoon of horrors as they start on the road of life. Tacy empties "the rocks in her head" and keeps them as mementos of their trip, stashing them in the trailer, weighing it down, courting the disaster of an over-weighted trailer collapsing on the road and tilting over a cliff and into a ravine. Tacy loves Nicky's "elegant " nose and cooks him, or tries to cook him, elegant dinners within the minuscule trailer kitchen. Of course this provides a comic set-up, literally, at full tilt, as food, utensils, and everything not nailed down swoops down all over the place. No matter, nothing, but nothing will dampen Tacy's enthusiasm for trailer life. Her wifely responsibility is to take care of her new husband. She tells him that when she first met him, she almost teared up, she felt so sorry for him because he was out in public with a button missing from his shirt. He needed a woman's care. More specifically, the tender care of a madcap like her. This is pretty much the duo you see on the classic "I Love Lucy" TV shows. If you love them there, you'll love them everywhere. Even in this movie.

tavm Just watched this on the DailyMotion site. I wouldn't recommend watching it there as there were off-sync scenes after about 15 minutes which never went back to the right sync. Despite that, I managed to enjoy some of the slapstick scenes once I managed to put them together in my head like both times Lucy tried to fix something on the stove. And hearing her and Desi singing "Breezin' Along with the Breeze" was a treat to listen to. I also liked that scene with Ms. Ball and Majorie Main concerning the former's foot. And all those scenic views as they travel the road were awe-inspiring even on the computer screen. So in summary, I probably would give a higher rating to The Long, Long Trailer if I had watched it more proper-like than what I just described at the beginning of this review but I did enjoy it just the same.