Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Hitchcoc Ollie is in love but it turns out she is already married. He decides to kill himself and suggests that Stan should do the same. But they goof it up and meet a guy who tells them that the French Foreign Legion is the way to forget a crushing romance. Of course, off they go. We know from every military movie they were involved in that disaster is on its way. Naturally, the fact that people like Jimmy Finlayson were already in the Legion doesn't speak all that well for their choices. Soon they are getting a reputation as the worst soldiers in the battalion. They finally manage to get themselves listed as AWOL and as deserters. They risk facing a firing squad. The Flying Deuces thing is from the fact that they end up plane-napping a plane. We all know that while nothing goes right for them, some sort of miracle is going to keep them alive. It doesn't mean things are hunky-dory. There is a great rendition of "Shine on Harvest Moon," one of those great songs they occasionally did.

evanston_dad Avid movie goer that I am, I somehow got to the ripe old age of 39 without being exposed to Laurel and Hardy. My wife and I decided to rectify that by getting one of their collections through Netflix, and a disc with this film and the last one the duo did together, "Utopia," was the first to arrive. Expectations were high for "The Flying Deuces" and I was sure I was going to find the two hilarious.....And then I watched the movie and could barely keep my eyes open. What a woefully unfunny movie "The Flying Deuces" is, and if it's representative of Laurel & Hardy (which I've heard it's not), there's not much chance of me liking their other stuff. I want to see some of their earlier films, especially the silents, as I gather that's where I'll find their strongest collaborations, but even at that I'm not sure I'm ever going to like them as much as I like other comedians from the same era, like Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton. I just don't care for the personas Laurel and Hardy play, or the mean spiritedness that colors all of Hardy's interactions with Laurel. Hardy doesn't make me root for him, which is essential in these slapstick comedians for their schtick to work. And the brand of humor doesn't appeal to me either. A typical joke in "The Flying Deuces" goes something like this: Laurel bumps his head multiple times on the slanted roof of their Parisian boarding room, Hardy says something like "How can you be stupid enough to keep bumping your head like that?" and then a couple of minutes later Hardy...guess what?...bumps his head on the same ceiling. Hardy har har.I'm willing to give the boys another chance, but my expectations are now set much lower.Grade: D

tmpj Something of a dis-appointment for me...though I have seen this one before in years gone by...it was not one of my favorites, and is probably most memorable for the scene where the guys are going to end it all in Paris under the bridge. At this stage of the game, the novelty of Laurel and Hardy was beginning to wear thin. Newer stars, fresher stories, newer techniques and, obviously, a new mind-set for audiences of that period had begun to make their efforts somewhat passé in the passing parade of comedy in particular, and film in general. Of course, the legendary status of Laurel and Hardy commanded a certain respect from Hollywood and the audiences, but it is clear from this film that their star was beginning to fade. Their real heyday was already behind them, even here in 1939. The RKO effort truly seems to be out of the typical element of L and H as opposed to their Hal Roach efforts...maybe that was intended...but the effect is that of a somewhat watered down effort that does not come up to par with some of the madcap/screwball comedies that had become part of the cinematic diet of the 1930s, and L and H are scrambling to keep from being left in the dust. Ultimately it fails, and though L and H continued to be something of a salable commodity in their 20th Century Fox efforts to come...the magic was fast dis-appearing. This film, "Flying Deuces" and the up-coming "A Chump at Oxford" would be, perhaps, their last hurrah at cornering the creative market for cinema. Afterwards ( pardon the pun) , they would rest and rely on their "Laurels". Incidentally, Stanley was a Rhodes scholar, and was the "brains" of the outfit, despite his impish, submissive character which played second fiddle to the more robust My Hardy. Though this is NOT one of their better efforts, I can recommend it as a nod of respect to a great duo who were probably becoming passé through no real fault of their own...physical comedy and gags of that sort had run their course, and were simply becoming passé as audiences became more sophisticated.

ma-cortes Olli is broken heart when aware which Georgett(Jean Parker), a beautiful girl, is already married to officer Francois(Reginald Gardner). Oliver is depressed and attempts to commit suicide in river Seine, taking Stan Laurel with him. But the newspapers publicize : ¡ famous men-eating shark escapes, ferocious fish battles keeper in Paris Aquarium, believed at large in Seine, boaters, swimmers, Beware! . Later they enlist the French Foreign Legion commanded by a stiff commandant(Charles Middleton). Of course, the comic pair cause wreak havoc wherever they go . Their botchers lead them charges of desertion and condemned to death penalty. They're imprisoned but receive a letter in the jail saying the following : ¨ Lift up floor board and you'll find a tunnel which leads to the outer wall use your own judgement, a pal ¨. Hilarity ensues when they try to escape and avoid a firing squad.Zany comedy seeing the misfit couple in all kinds of troubles involving French Legion. This entertaining Laurel and Hardy recital provides too much amusement in detailing the duo's exploits in Foreign Legion . Lots of physical comedy and hilarious dialogue including some musical interlude . Furthermore sympathetic introduction of fantastic elements as when Oliver Hardy's reincarnation as a horse . Comical and spectacular final flying is one of the film's highlights. Based on screenplay and sketches written by the comic Harry Langdon, among others. ¨Flying deuces¨ is well directed by Edward Sutherland. He was producer, director , actor and one the original Keystone Kops. He began in films as an actor for Mack Sennett , turning filmmaker and usually worked for W. C. Fields.