Background: The Flying Deuces is one of the few movies we owned when I was a kid. And, as it was one of our only movies, we watched it often. I remember thinking it was so incredibly funny. A while back, I found it in the CBD catalog for 99 cents. How could I pass that up? I pictured showing the movie to my (still future) children and watching them enjoying it as much as I did as a kid.
Plot: While he and Stan are staying in France, Ollie becomes smitten with Georgette, the innkeeper’s daughter. When he learns she is married to François, he first decides to drown himself. But a man-eating shark scares him away from the river, so he instead decides to join the French Foreign Legion. Stan, who allows Ollie to completely control him, joins him.
Being in the Foreign Legion is much more difficult than they expected, and soon they decide to leave. They are charged with desertion and sentenced to death by firing squad, but they manage to dig their way out of their prison cell. They escape by stealing an airplane, but, as they don’t know how to fly, they crash, and Ollie dies and becomes a talking horse, à la Mr. Ed.
Reactions: Boy, was I ever bored as I watched this! The physical comedy that I found so absolutely hilarious as a child didn’t make me snicker even once. And it’s really quite dark wrapped up in a comedic exterior—just go back and read my plot summary! Honestly, I’d be happy to never watch this again. Still, I think I’ll keep it in the interest of my future children …
Verdict: Keep
P.S.: You can watch it for free here.
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