63
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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanThis pleasant 1940 comedy-drama hit on the successful double-act teaming of crooner Bing Crosby and patter comic Bob Hope, throwing in sarong-clad Dorothy Lamour for glamour and working through a trivial plot about fleeing responsibility for a South Seas idyll.
- 70The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelIn spite of his problem of sentiment, it's a happy, unpretentious farce.
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayRoad To Singapore isn’t as funny or as cleverly self-referential as what would come later; it became a hit largely due to the fast-paced, partially ad-libbed repartee between the two stars, which was unlike anything that movie audiences had heard before.
- 50The New York TimesFrank S. NugentThe New York TimesFrank S. NugentThe Road to Singapore is cobbled with good intentions, is blessed intermittently with smooth-running strips of amiable nonsense, but is altogether too uneven for regular use.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThis is the one that started it all and it is also one of the weakest of the "Road" pictures.