Just perfect...

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Firstly, I'm a HUGE fan of L&H, but there is one review here that says this is the BEST L&H film ever! No way Jose.This is one of the team's last outings and while it's good, it's definitely not one of their best.It's got a good director an the story is fairly typical for L&H.They still look good too, but this is really very close to the end of their careers. It's a partial remake of Beau Hunks, which is much better.Unfortunately, one this film fell into public domain, prints of it became atrociously poor.Turner owns the original negative but isn't releasing it. An uncut nitrate version was founding France and IS available on DVD. It includes the famous shark scene that was cut from nearly all copies.They made two more good movies after this - one a classic and then their career took a bad spin when they got to 20th.So savor this movie. It's a very solid L&H film.The Plot.Oliver is heartbroken when he finds that Georgette, the innkeeper's daughter he's fallen in love with, is already married to dashing Foreign Legion officer Francois. To forget her, he joins the Legion, taking Stanley with him. Their bumbling eventually gets them charged with desertion and sentenced to a firing squad. They manage to escape in a stolen airplane, but crash after a wild ride.

This was my introduction to the classic comedy stylings of Laurel and Hardy. I bought it at Half Price Books for one dollar, on a double feature with "Utopia" which I haven't seen yet. I must say, it was a delightful introduction to their craft for me. I love both of the duo's personalities. I love Laurel's mellow, dimwitted, and carefree persona, as well as Hardy's constantly frustrated, irked, and grumpy one. The film gives us scene after scene of great comedic sequences, and culminates in an exhilarating climax in a plane. The very end is funny too. I won't give it away, but I will say it involves a very funny horse. It is by no means a perfect film, though. Some of the plot lines go nowhere, ie: Ollie in love, and the escaped shark;The lines are often said with little to no emotion, and the pacing is sometimes bad (a more frequent musical score probably would have helped these two problems), but it is still a very amusing film with plenty of moments you just can't help laughing out loud at. Thanks to this film, I'll probably be shelling out money left and right to get my hands on more of their stuff.

This was part of a 3-DVD box-set, and it came with the Laurel and Hardy shorts Just Ramblin' Along, Oranges and Lemons, The Tree in a Test Tube and the Three Stooges ones Malice in the Palace and Sing a Song of Six Pants; it also came with another feature, Atoll K(or Utopia). This disc came with Brideless Groom, Mud & Sand and The Tree in a Test Tube. Taking place in France, this has Ollie falling in love, only to discover that she is already married to another man. Being a bit of a romantic, his reaction is to try suicide, but before he can go through with it, he is told that the best way to forget is to join the Foreign Legion. The remainder of this very accurately spoofs said corps, and the military in general. I was impressed by the fact that this actually lets us feel his pain, and sympathize with him. Most of the gags are natural(yes, some of the gags are obvious if you stop to think about them, that's part of slapstick, right?), funny and light(a few are a tad dark), and many are clever. The violence tends to be cartoon-y, with no one being hurt. At its best, this is hilarious, including the great conclusion. This gets big near the end. The version I watched was 68 minutes long, including credits. I recommend this to fans of the duo. 7/10

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.