" There's something about the great American road. It's always been an arena of mythic adventures, tortured mishaps and, if you're lucky, hilarious comedy. And the comedy doesn't get much more hilarious than that dreamt up by Chevy Chase. His National "
Il Sorpasso
The Italians know how to do a stupid comedy.
And somehow they make it more stylish than any Carry On Roadtrip. The car, after all, is a Lancia B24 Aurelia spider- so it was bound to surpass the Ford Zodiacs and stolid Ravers that populated the fnaar-factor that was the carry On Franchise.
And with typical European broodiness, this comedy reveals the essential vacuousness of adolescent irresponsibility –
even if it does make you ache to cruise the mountain roads of Italy in an expensive shirt.
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