The Long, Long Trailer (1954) User Reviews

Lucy And Desi Make A Movie

[sddavis63 · 6/10 · 20 April 2014]

In the midst of their wildly successful run through "I Love Lucy," Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz made a movie. In "The Long, Long Trailer" they play newlyweds Nicky and Tacy. Nicky's job apparently requires him to travel a lot, and Tacy comes up with the idea of buying a trailer as their new home so that she can accompany him wherever he goes - and what a trailer. It's a beast. It's huge. And Tacy doesn't seem to understand the challenge involved in pulling the thing around the country.

The basic story revolves around the fact that the purchase of this trailer almost destroys Nicky and Tacy's new marriage. Much of the humour in this revolves around the trials of driving with the trailer hooked to the car. The movie for the most part lacks the slapstick kind of humour that "I Love Lucy" was famous for - with perhaps the exception of a scene in which Tacy tries to cook in the trailer while Nicky is driving. Watching Nicky try to back the trailer into the driveway of Tacy's uncle and aunt's house and almost destroying the house is also quite funny. Otherwise, the humour is lower key than you'd expect, and the movie is sometimes even tense. The scenes in which Nicky has to pull the trailer up a long and windy mountain road is actually rather unsettling.

This certainly isn't as good as "I Love Lucy" but in its own way it's fun, and lets us see Lucy and Desi doing something a little different. (6/10)

Trailer brake! Trailer brake! Turn right here left?

[bobc-5 · 8/10 · 28 February 2000]

Impulsive Tacy somehow convinces obliging husband-to-be Nicky that they should buy a trailer to live in after they marry. She has her heart set on one particular model that looks great in the ad, but when they find out how small it really is, they're ready to go back to the idea of the house. But then Tacy sees it - the long, long trailer!

The movie is really nothing more than an extended comedy skit in which Nicky, Tacy, and the long, long trailer travel from California to Colorado. It's very skillfully executed with nice variations in the pacing and some very tastefully applied restraint. The highlight of the movie is the going over the mountain scene, which starts off in very understated manner and slowly builds to hilarious crescendo as they climb to the top of the pass. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, playing their characters from "I Love Lucy", work perfectly together and make this movie a fun time for everyone.

Equal mix of comedy and nostalgia

[Bowserb46 · 8/10 · 14 March 2021]

I suspect the ratings here depend on where the reviewer saw the movie: theater or TV/video. In other words the age of the reviewer is key to how they feel about this movie.

I was 8 years old when this movie came to a local theater. Our city had one television station and no such thing as cable TV. "I Love Lucy" on our 17 inch B&W TV was a high entertainment point for our household. Sunday night, if I recall correctly. After a couple years of following Lucy and Desi on TV, we were really excited to see them in a movie! It didn't disappoint...but remember, I was 8 years old.

Years later, what did I remember? Trailer brakes first! Trailer brakes first! And the rocks Lucy collected (contrary to national park wisdom--take only pictures; leave only footprints.) Just by accident, I came across this movie today on one of the 60 local broadcast channels. First thing that occurred to me was that I wonder what I Love Lucy would be like without the laugh track. Next was how enjoyable it is to see all the 1950's cars and things, plus Lucy and Desi in actual locations rather than 99% on a sound stage.

So bottom line for me is an 8 out of 10. That's 9 for nostalgia and 7 for comedy.

What a fun movie!

[Monika-5 · 21 July 2000]

If you love I Love Lucy you'll love The Long, Long Trailer! I remember watching this video many times with my grandma a few years back. Lucy and Desi are just precious. The scenes with Lucy falling out of the trailer into the mud and where she stays in the moving trailer trying to make dinner are reason enough to rent this movie!

This motion picture is a fun trip! It's truly worth seeing.

[ironhorse_iv · 7/10 · 15 June 2019]

In the 1950s, CBS's "I Love Lucy" was one of the most watched television show in the United States, so it was no surprised that a movie studio like MGM would try to capitalize on comedian duo Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz's fame. 1954's 'The Long, Long Trailer' was one of those vehicles. Without spoiling the film directed by Vincent Minnelli too much, this motion picture was the second of their movies that Ball & Arnaz star together in, but first in which they both played the titular roles. While, the performers did play their characters were a little too similar to their television show counterparts. At least, they were acting. It beats the original plan of them phoning it in, by compiling several episodes of the first season into a movie. Thank goodness that was never theatrically released. Instead, we got a comedy story by screenwriters Albert Hackett & Frances Goodrich that both were able to put some effect into. Based on the 1951 novel of the same name written by Clinton Twiss, the film tells the story about a newlywed couple, Nicolas (Desi Arnaz) & Tacy Collini (Lucille Ball), having their marriage tested, when they buy a trailer home, while travelling across America. Just like the show, the pair had great chemistry in it, even if Lucy is a bit annoying. The acting from the two main performers was still top notch. There is no better example of that, then their facial expression while going up the steep dangerous Sierra Nevada mountain path and Nicky finding out their marriage is on the rocks. It was both hilarious and tense. Not only that, but both had some really good comical timing during the physical slapstick parts. Even if some of the gags like making dinner sequence seem like a rip off of 1938's "Mickey's Trailer". They were still amply of lot of slap happy fun. However, I did hate the lack of supporting characters. Kennan Wynn, Marjorie Main & Howard McNear are barely on screen to stand out. Honestly, if they really wanted to capitalize on 'I Love Lucy' fame. They should had gotten William Frawley and Vivian Vance to star in this film as well as different characters. Regardless, while the movie was made in the 1950s, most of the jokes were not dated. There is humor, modern audience members can related to, such as getting stuck in the traffic in the highways or worst yet stuck in the mud in some rural backroad. Perhaps, the most relatable struggle in the film has to be trying to back up and park, a big vehicle in an urban center or drive ways. The trailer that was used in the film was a 1953 New Moon. It was truly a real life item, people could buy. However, I doubt anybody did, after seeing this movie. The film is really against that trailer, showing all the flaws and little of its charm. The company Redman Homes probably regards leasing it out for this motion picture as product placement. That item must have token a big dive in sales during the first few months after this film released. Neverthless, there must had been a big enough market for other recreational travelling trailers products, because Redman Homes is still around as of this writing under a division of Champion Enterprise Holdings LLC. I guess the film didn't hurt sales too much. Anyways, another thing that works in this film is the cinematography. The movie was beautiful shot in color on multiply locations, especially during the hairpin turns. They really do offer scenic views of the Owens Valley below. There is another extraordinary sequence where the audience get a good eye of Yosemite Park, which is equally as impressive. On the other hand, the editing could had been better. The funniest unintentional laugh I got out from this movie is how their 1953 Mercury Monterey convertible suddenly turns into a larger but similar appearing Lincoln Capri model between shots. What an odd noticeable movie mistake. Even the pacing is a little off. I really don't think, the film need to show the pre-planning the wedding & then the couple getting hitch. It really felt like filler. To add onto that, the whole "Breezin' Along with Breeze" musical number felt really out of place, as there is barely any music besides this sequence. Furthermore, it had an entirely different backing track orchestration than the first cut. So the original vocal overdubs didn't really match well with new orchestral number. It was truly jarring. No wonder why the film was references in the song 'Everything Right is Wrong Again' from the band, 'They Might Be Giants'. Parts of the film was indeed broken. Nevertheless, a remake was planned in 1994 with Roseanne Barr & Tom Arnold in the titular roles, but due to the couple's divorce, the project never got off the ground. Thank God for that. In the end, while, I truly did love Lucy. Overall: I just love this movie even more. It's one of the best comedies from the 1950s. Hands down.

The Best Known of the Lucy - Desi films

[theowinthrop · 6/10 · 13 January 2009]

Mildly amusing, THE LONG, LONG TRAILER is the film with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz that most people recall if they think of the films they did together. That is not because their films were remarkable (they are entertaining to an extent) but because they only made three films together (TOO MANY GIRLS, FOREVER DARLING, THE LONG, LONG TRAILER). The best one is TOO MANY GIRLS, which actually was made when the two met on the set of the film. It happens to have a nice cast (including Eddie Bracken, Anne Miller, and Francis Langford), and even a score by Rodgers and Hart. But it is not one of the all time great musicals. FOREVER DARLING co-starred them with James Mason (that is a casting match almost on level with Bob Hope and Katherine Hepburn in THE IRON PETTICOAT). Then came THE LONG, LONG TRAILER, which has some interesting supporting cast (Keenan Wynn, Marjorie Main, Howard McNear) and an interesting director (Vincent Minneli). The second and third film could only be made because of the deserved success of the television show I LOVE LUCY, but in reality they aren't that much.

Still THE LONG, LONG TRAILER is of interest as one of the few films ever to discuss the phenomenon of trailers in changing American living and vacationing ideas. Trailers actually appeared in films prior to the 1950s. The Laurel and Hardy short, THEM THAR HILLS, showed the boys taking a "restful" vacation using a trailer to go to the mountains. That was in 1938. But it was rarely shown because it was such a specialized way of travel, and dependent on good roads. But the 1950s saw one achievement that was due to the Eisenhower Administration that is frequently overlooked. Ike pushed for the real development of an interstate highway system. It was a major change to the American scene. Not only in the pushing of many middle class families in using trailers for vacations across the nation, but also in convincing people to travel even by car across state boarders. It is no accident that in the early 1960s one of the most popular television series was ROUTE 66, wherein two young men traveled across the whole nation on that particular highway having adventures in many states.

The Eisenhower years were also the years of economic recovery - the Second World War had pushed American industry into full throttle, and most other major countries had serious economic problems due to the war. The improved American economy gave us a chance to spend more. Although Desi looks worried when he purchases the new trailer (especially as he also has to modify his car's rear bumper) he still is able to sign a large check for the down payment of the vehicle. He could not have done that in the 1930s or 1940s.

The plot is how Lucy (who wants to travel) convinces Desi to buy the trailer, and how the optimism of the purchase (based on the ideal dream of seeing the world from your moving house) hides the fact that you are driving a vehicle that is as difficult to maneuver on land as a yacht is at sea. From the start when Desi is shown the proper way to move the car and trailer ("Trailer, Brake, Forward") he is constantly aware that he is pulling a dead weight behind him. A weight made even heavier because Lucy insists on a new hobby (collecting rocks from every site they park their new home).

There are problems with pulling it into the driveway of Lucy's aunt's house, or of stopping at a red light (and by not doing it properly, annoying traffic police officer Keenan Wynn). There is also the problem of water supply and the pipes (when Desi tries to take a shower), and even of cooking when the trailer is in motion (my favorite section of the film: Desi singing contentedly while driving, thinking of the fine meal Lucy is supposed to be cooking him, and then discovering at the conclusion that Lucy is covered in food and flour due to bumps and jumps made by the car and trailer while moving). At the conclusion he has had enough, and his explosion threatens to destroy the marriage.

If it was not that Vincent Minelli's name is on this film one would be hard pressed to see his traces here. Some of his artistic taste is evident in the design of the trailer, and the colors in the film, but the material is not the sort he normally dealt with. He could do comedy (witness THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE) but his characters usually have meatier stories to tell. This is not one of them.

Still for a pleasant viewing it is easy to watch and smile at. But if you want to see Lucy and Desi at their best, stick to their classic comedy show.

Marriage On The Rocks

[Lechuguilla · 10/10 · 26 July 2003]

"The Long, Long Trailer" is a thoroughly enjoyable "vehicle" for a nostalgic trip back to the talents of Desi and Lucy. Desi, eager to please, gives in to Lucy, as she dreams of, and schemes for, a life on wheels, only to find that soaring dreams can come crashing down to reality faster than rocks crashing down a mountainside. The result for the viewer is back and forth laughs and empathy.

The comedy centers on Desi and Lucy. But secondary characters are funny too. Marjorie Main is terrific as the too helpful mother hen. And the overly enthusiastic trailer brakes man is a hoot. "Trailer brakes first, trailer brakes first. These are your trailer blinker lights ... There's your trailer stop light. Now put your blinker lights on. Left. Right. Trailer brakes. Car brakes. Lights. Left. Right. Trailer brakes. Car brakes. OK, let's go". Funny stuff.

The film is mostly comedy, of course. But it also has tension. In the mountain scenes, cinematography and sound override script. Here, the visual perspective of depth and distance combine with sounds of falling rocks and screeching brakes to create a sense of apprehension. Truly, Director Vincente Minnelli knew how to make effective films.

Unlike the trailer, the film is somewhat lightweight. But there are times when you don't want to watch a movie with a ponderous plot or heavy-duty message with "meaning". Lucy and Desi's talent was comedy, not Shakespeare. "The Long, Long Trailer", fluff that it is, is good fluff. It is funny (dramatic too), absorbing, and cinematically well made. And with a breezy musical score, what more could you want?

Desi and Lucy

[SnoopyStyle · 6/10 · 19 July 2019]

Tacy (Lucille Ball) and Nicholas Collini (Desi Arnaz) are engaged to be married. She is concerned that his work forces him to move constantly and she suggests getting a mobile trailer home. What starts as an easy alternative turns into a series of complications.

Lucy and Desi are in the middle of their I Love Lucy run and at the height of their comedic power. The husband wife dynamics remain the same. Desi is doing more of the physical humor although Lucy gets plenty muddy. A flaky Lucy is funnier than a flustered Desi. She should be less level-headed for the comedy. Her cooking in a moving trailer is probably the highlight. There is natural beauty and they do a little singing. Overall, there is general mayhem and some fun. A fan of the TV show would probably love this.

Lucy and Desi are marvelous in this fabulous comedy

[Emaisie39 · 10/10 · 28 June 2007]

So often critics and historians say that Lucy never made it in films or that she was just the "Queen of the B's before TV made her a superstar." But many of her best 40's films are now available on DVD and this absolute gem from the 50's should prove Lucy's film worthiness to everyone. A perfect comedy with some dramatic undertones that was filmed in 1953 just as Lucy and Desi were at their zenith as stars. Minnelli' s superb direction, a delightful script, and gorgeous technicolor magnify Lucy and Desi's wonderful performances. Like all comedy classics this film is grounded in reality and that is why all the pratfalls and situations work so beautifully. The story about newlyweds who spend their honeymoon in a trailer does not date one bit. Lucy looks amazingly young and beautiful even though she was already 42. Desi also gives a great performance. His shower scene is unforgettable and Lucy flying out of the trailer is a must see for any comedy lover. It's shame Lucy did not get more scripts like this one. Often her films were highly successful at the box-office but not that good("DuBarry Was a Lady"1943, "Easy to Wed"1946,"Sorrowful Jones"1949) but this is one of the great winners in her long career.

Meet Nicky & Tracy (aka. Ricky & Lucy)

[roddekker · 6/10 · 19 May 2015]

Released in 1954 - The Long, Long Trailer (TLLT, for short) was very much like watching a very, very long, long episode (90 minutes) of the highly-popular "I Love Lucy" TV Show of the early 1950's.

Now, don't get me wrong here - I can certainly enjoy watching an extended episode of "I Love Lucy"', now, and again. But I found that with TLLT there seemed to be something slightly out of kilter with its story - Something oddly unbalanced.

It seemed to me that TLLT was missing a vitally important element in its "comedy relief" department.

What I'm talking about here is, of course, the much needed input of actors William Frawley and Vivian Vance, as Fred and Ethel Mertz, into TLLT's comic story. Believe me, these 2 characters were most desperately needed several times throughout the course of TLLT as a buffer to counter the often amusing, but sometimes annoying, domestic squabbles of Nicky and Tracy (aka Ricky and Lucy Ricardo).

But, with that all said - TLLT was still fairly entertaining as far as comedies go. But it certainly wasn't great.

Alternately breezy and callous comedy harbors a peculiar mean streak...

[moonspinner55 · 5/10 · 24 April 2009]

Newlyweds sink all their money into a home on wheels; it almost sinks their marriage. One can sense that Clinton Twiss' book was re-conceived with stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in mind--it feels tailored to them both as a real-life couple and as their "I Love Lucy" counterparts the Ricardos. However, their characters here--Tacy and Nicky Collini--aren't as interesting or as dimensional as either the Arnazs or the Ricardos, and director Vincente Minnelli sets up laughs which never come. Some of the slapstick is indeed colorful or visually amusing, but these bickering sweethearts are awfully selfish, and no one they meet on their journey is able to lighten the load. Bits and pieces of it are sprightly, but this comedy about marital discord is far too prickly (and truthful) to yield big success as a rollicking romance on the open road. ** from ****

Enjoy Immensely

[bpolsky3 · 9/10 · 3 December 2005]

I first saw this movie when I was 12 in the movie theater, I never forgot it over the years. It remains one of my all time favorites to this day. The scenes where Lucy falls out the door into the mud and when she is trying to fix their dinner in the trailer while Ricky drives are hysterical. Another of my favorites is when they are going up the mountain and Lucy knows she didn't get rid of the rocks Desi told her too and the mountain is sooooooo steep! I was in a situation once where we were traveling up a very high mountain with a steep incline on my side of the car and all I could think of was this movie and that scene. I was tickled to death when I could finally get my own copy to watch whenever I needed a good laugh. Lucy & Desi are great together.

Everyone should see this before investing in a mobile home!

[planktonrules · 7/10 · 22 April 2017]

"The Long, Long Trailer" was made in 1953--during the height of the success of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz with "I Love Lucy". Considering how popular the show was, it's certainly not surprising they'd take the characters and transport them to the big screen, though here they're called Nicky and Tacy.

The story begins with a frustrated Nicky finally finding his wife with the trailer. Apparently, he's been looking for days and they had a huge fight and Nicky tells the guy about to buy their trailer about all the problems it brought them.

Nicky and Tacy are engaged and just about to get married when she springs a huge surprise on him...she thinks they should live in a trailer. After all, Nicky's job takes him all over the country and she reasons it would be better than paying rent. Unfortunately, her 'inexpensive' investment of only $1700 ends up costing more than three times as much...not to mention having to get a larger car to tow that monstrosity. Nicky is clearly overwhelmed by all this...and Tacy is blissfully ignorant of the entire situation. What exactly will they have to go through...see the film and find out for yourself. Just be forewarned...the movie, at times, might just make you cringe.

In some ways, this is like watching an "I Love Lucy" film...with different names and story but quite similar nonetheless. Not a great film but an enjoyable one...and one that may just convince you NEVER to own a trailer!

Trailer brakes first!

[bombersflyup · 3/10 · 23 July 2019]

The Long, Long Trailer is irritating as much as it is comedic.

This is the second film starring Lucille Ball, that I've found irritating and likely the last. The plot's terrible and it's lacking humour and realism, some points for complete lunacy. Desi Arnaz makes it bearable, Tacy certainly isn't worth all the trouble.

Hitching Post

[BumpyRide · 29 October 2004]

Thanks to IMDb, I never realized Vincente Minnelli directed this film! Riding high on the popularity of "I Love Lucy," this film is essentially Lucy and Ricky on the road, "disguised" as Nicki and Tacy. Whoever they might be called, this film is fun. Too bad they didn't include a cameo of Ted and Elsie too! I think that Minnelli perfectly captured the enthusiasm of "America in the Road" during the 1950s with its fascination for travel.

The comedy seems rather stilted at times, perhaps because it wasn't filmed in front of a live studio audience, and there are no really big laugh out loud moments. Still, the movie is a neat little gem from the carefree 50s when all we had to worry about was keeping up with the Jones'.

Lucy&Desi In For The Long Haul

[bkoganbing · 7/10 · 11 January 2009]

The Long Long Trailer stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz playing very similar characters to the Ricardos who came into our homes weekly on CBS via I Love Lucy. They're newlyweds and Lucy talks Desi into buying a mobile home, a really big trailer which would intimidate anyone who's not licensed to drive big rigs. Except Lucy that is and she's not doing the driving in most of the picture.

If The Long Long Trailer proves anything it proves one should have such a license to drive these things. That thing is a menace in amateur hands. But at least Desi knows he's an amateur.

Although Lucille Ball got to do her usual scatterbrained thing that wreaks havoc on all around, I actually thought that Desi Arnaz got the best laughs in the film. Seeing him trying to back that trailer into her aunt's driveway, his adventure trying to take his first shower in the trailer with an outlet that won't cooperate, and then trying to drive through Yosemite National Park up a steep mountain road.

That was at times more scary than funny. But it was funny because Lucy insisted on bringing her pet rock collection along adding to the weight. That made her a generation ahead of her time.

If you're an old or a new fan of the Ricardos you will definitely appreciate The Long Long Trailer.

Honeymoon on whells!!!

[elo-equipamentos · 7/10 · 6 February 2018]

Around 1998 l saw some parts of this movie when they are in mountain on a narrow dangerous road, that all, now just came out in Brazil officially and what a comedy, the couple of I Love Lucy are really eccentric, in the way they experienced all kind of troubles with a huge trailer, really unusual and original picture on the road, a bit dated but still strong for all tastes and ages, highly recommended!!

Resume:

First watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.25

The Long, Long Trailer on blu-ray

[jucsetmai · 9/10 · 6 November 2020]

I have a desperate wanting for anything starring Lucille Ball in 1080p, but if I had to choose one non-I Love Lucy BD to be released, it would be this amazing movie.

Anybody else a fan Was thinking about this again coming soon on Warner Archive Blu-ray release January 2021

Not Minnelli's best, but surprisingly good

[funkyfry · 6/10 · 24 October 2002]

Not up to the standards of Minnelli's best films, but he does color this inherently colorless comedy pretty well. Ball and Arnaz are newlyweds (how long can they keep this up, anyway? Lucy looks almost 50 already), and it almost kills the marriage. All the expected bits, just like in the show, but splashed with Minnelli's wondrous palette of colors it becomes (at least in retrospect) a kind of commentary on the sick overextravagance of supposedly conservative-minded middle America in the 50s. Or maybe this was just Minnelli's vision of the golden age, or of marital bliss (he had little enough of it), or whatever. Anyway, it emerges with charm, class, and humor as one of the better light comedies of the era.

Simply A Must See

[raimonddecomyn · 9/10 · 15 October 2021]

Even if you aren't a fan of Ms. Ball and Desi, the mid-century fashions, architecture, and the now priceless automobiles featured make this a wonderful piece of history.

That the couple is real, married in life and not just for show, adds to the ripping good chemistry that makes farces as this work.

The only other period film that I enjoy as much is the somewhat later "It's A Mad, Mad... World"; best ensemble cast ever, Spencer Tracy's final film.

The "Trailer" turns out to be a curse, the helpful folks aren't, everything that was supposed to be easy and wonderful turns out to be a series of exercises in endurance... but even during the most tense and adversarial scenes, the lifetime love shared by Desi and Lucy comes to the fore; throughout, it's very apparent that they love each other, very much. There's a scene, where they're stuck in the rain overnight, and during the dinner conversation the camera captures the facial and body language between them; if you can't see how much in love these two are, you might test as a sociopath. Later, she wants to get him a television set. And Desi's practicality, continuously worn away by Lucy's optimism, makes the movie- his accent just adds to the charm.

This is absolutely one to cherish- no guns, no bad words (tho' Desi is given many occasions for such), no car chases, neck tattoos, nor Billy Badasses being Billy. Just a sweet, somewhat silly diary of a husband giving up common sense to please the lady he loves. They sing a duet, as well, and these two can sing. What?! Singing in a movie? Jeez-us wept, I must be old.

And, as a car guy, I'd give body parts for that yellow/black/white Mercury Monterey drop top. Really- I'd give a kidney at least; you just don't see these anymore, possibly 'cuz other cars make "better" hotrods or investments. Perry Mason had one, but as it was done in B&W, you can't call the colours.

It is a must see.

The Long, Long Trailer review

[JoeytheBrit · 6/10 · 1 May 2020]

Lucy and Ricky - erm, Tacy and Nicky - buy a long long trailer despite his misgivings and she proceeds to make his life a living hell for the next 80 minutes. Domestic life portrayed as a hell on wheels in lurid Technicolor...

Could have required less suspension of disbelief

[lennybrown · 3/10 · 2 June 2012]

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.

One of my favorites

[karedhawk · 9/10 · 10 December 2018]

Being a Lucy fan helps, but also, knowing the stress of pulling a trailer with my husband helps too...this movie is a tradition for my husband and I around Christmas time. Pop the cd in and enjoy, no, it's not the greatest movie, some corny parts, but sometimes you like a little comforting corny. I Love You Lucy !

A Trailer Comic Romp

[NutzieFagin · 7/10 · 16 October 2013]

If you love I Love Lucy, The Long Long Trailer will be a delight for you.

I don't know why but Lucy and Desi were one of the best paired married (in real life) male/female comedy teams. In The Long Long Trailer, they basically play the same Lucy/Ricky role. The only differences present are the slight character name changes (Tacy/Nicky Collini) Nicky is still the same macho Latin but Tacy is more neurotic. Tacy like to collect sentimental mementos ----like rocks and homemade jams and souvenirs from the places she and Nicky visited. Kind of showing some bad hoarding mental issues BUT it's because of her romantic heart and to retain those special memories with Nicky is the reason why she does it.

Anyway--when Tacy and Nicky marry, they come up with the bright idea of getting a trailer.....Nicky favors the saving money---Tacy likes the romantic idea of a cozy love nest on wheels...more places and more mementos to pick up as they tour the U.S. Hilorious scenes come from this idea which I'm sure that EVERY trailer owner has encountered. Getting lost, narrow mountain roads, high rental camp ground rates and yes....trying to cook that perfect romantic dinner in the trailer while the husband drives those bumpy roads (I think it is in some states against the law to ride alone in trailers) but what the hey---IT'S FUN TO WATCH!! Of course, the plot is not really there but these sight gags are just there to show the humorous side of situations in a marriage. The good and the bad side of marriage---will it work? But Love conquers all in the movies!---So if your looking for a Lucy/Desi film that is away from the I Love Lucy apartment---no Mertz's in this one....see it and enjoy!

Good fodder for Lucy fans

[smatysia · 5/10 · 19 May 2000]

I first saw this film on television quite a few years back, so long ago that I saw it in black and white. I was therefore a bit surprised to find that it's in color. I can see how Lucille Ball would want to be filmed in color so as to show off that red hair. She and Desi Arnaz played parts similar to, but not exactly like their roles in "I Love Lucy". I wasn't around in the mid 50's, so I'm not sure if this came before, during, or after their show. The movie played a lot like an extended episode. There were some quite good scenes. Lucille Ball was probably the best physical comedienne of her era. Overall, though, it really didn't hold my interest.