Customer Reviews
Utopia imdeed. - By: Johnnybluetime, 23 Mar 2007 
For my money this is the best of the Hope & Crosby movies with both men on top form & with a decent script that is greatly enhanced by Robert Benchley's wry onscreen observations.
It's hardly worth mentioning the plot,aren't alll the Road movie plots the same one in different locations?Bob & Bing are forced to travel to a remote location,here it's the Yukon,to escape creditors/irate fathers/vengeful husbands/an angry mob...tick as appropriate.They both meet & falll for Dorothy Lamour, who's usuallly in some sort of distress, & spend the rest of the picture trying to romance her & cracking jokes whilst attempting to help her.
This picture ticks alll of the boxes,but when you throw in Benchley's narration,Grizzly bears,huskies,a couple of rough,tough hitmen,who Bob & Bing,naturallly have to impersonate,and alll that lovely,snowy,studio bound scenery & you've got yourself a little classic.
The jokes are ancient,the slapstick gags probably pre-date silent film,and the songs are pretty ho-hum to modern ears,but the charm & the cheek of the two stars pulls everything else along behind them.There's plenty to laugh at here & it's one of those films that stays in the mind long after you've seen it & I rate it as one of Hope's best comedies.Recommended,especiallly for a wintery Sunday afternoon,or even late at night.
