Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

BaronBl00d This sequel to the funny Topper lacks the entire sophistication of that film yet is able to stand all by itself as a worthy successor based on the performance of Roland Young once again playing the amusing, befuddled Cosmo Topper - he who sees dead people way before it became fashionable by The Sixth Sense and on a cast of wonderful character actors doing their "bit." Topper Takes a Trip does have some major flaws; however. The film opens with Young in a courtroom going through divorce proceedings from his even more befuddled wife Billie Burke. Topper explains to the courtroom how he was befriended by the ghosts of Constance Bennet and Cary Grant(who could not join his former cast-mates because he was now too big a star but magnanimously agreed to allow them to use footage from the original - Swell Guy!). This whole beginning seems very forced as it tries to make sure that all is explained in case you missed the first film. Once they get out of the courtroom, Topper and one ghost and her ghostly dog go on a drinking binge and discover that Mrs. Topper's best friend has taken her to Paris to try and get her hooked up with a Baron there. Topper and companions follow and the laughs go from a trickle to an avalanche at times as Young does all kinds of crazy things with the aid of his spectral friend. The hotel is headed by Franklin Pangborn whose performance really is a comic treat. Pangborn made me laugh so hard with that sardonic look and witticisms. Butler Alan Mowbray follows and adds a fine turn as the Topper's butler. The rest of the cast is also suitably funny. It is important to remember just how influential these films were in this little sub-genre and that the special effects used were state-of-the-art at the time(Oscar nominated in this case. Many scenes stand out for me as truly masterful bits of comedic timing: Young dancing with a ghost on the dance floor, Alexander D'Arcy(the Baron) being bulldozed by a huge beach ball while shortless in the sand, and Young being cramped in his small room standing out particularly.

blanche-2 "Topper Takes a Trip" is a nice follow-up to "Topper," and has the same cast but no Cary Grant as George. He's shown in the beginning as the film goes over how George and Marion got to be ghosts in the first place. Alas, Grant's ghostly presence hangs over the entire film and puts a big hole in this movie.Constance Bennett is her usual gorgeous self as Marion. She is compelled to come back without George and soon realizes that she's there to help Cosmo once again - though the Kerby's idea of helping Topper leaves much to be desired. This time, though, she discovers a dog, Atlas, in spirit also and brings him along. Mrs. Topper (Billie Burke) learning that Cosmo was with a woman in a hotel has sued for divorce. At the trial, Cosmo claims the woman was the late Marion and begs to tell his story.The judge understandably gets too confused and throws the case out. Mrs. T sails for France and Cosmo, Marion, and Atlas follow. One of the best scenes takes place in a casino where Cosmo just can't help winning, thanks the ball landing on one number and then mysteriously jumping to another thanks to guess who.Very cute, with another fine performance by Roland Young as Cosmo. The special effects are still marvelous

oldmovieman The main characters less Cary Grant reappear for a second act in the Topper saga. Because Marion Kerby materialized by Topper's side in a hotel in the first movie (gasp), Mrs. Topper wants a divorce. Ghostly Marion thwarts the New York divorce proceedings but Mrs. Topper goes to France for a quickie divorce. Topper and Marion follow but, unfortunately, hilarity does not ensue in this slow-moving, predictable farce. The jokes are tedious variations on the first films antics and don't bear reuse; there aren't any really funny moments here. But -- Constance Bennett is gorgeous as always and ever so elegantly dressed. And Roland Young's remarkable physical comedy, e.g., lurching about as if he were being pushed or pulled by the invisible Marion, is worth watching. Bottom line: if you're an old movie buff and want to flesh out the Topper series, invest a few hours when you have nothing else to do and treat it as an educational investment. Don't expect many laughs.

David (Handlinghandel) The Topper movies do not hold up well today for several reasons. Two are primary: Through no fault of their own, the gimmick of disappearing and reappearing has become very ho-hum in large part because of television shows like "I Dream Of Jeannie" and "Bewitched." ("Blithe Spirit" is another movie affected by this, also, of course, retroactively.) Equally significant is their reliance on the ostensible hilarity of being drunk. We know today that is not funny and finding these movies charming is therefore very difficult.This first sequel, also, is very routine. It begins with clips from the original Topper movie, with Constance Bennett (in this movie too) and Cary Grant, who is not in the movie itself.Many of the performers are great character performers but their characters are not filled out. They are sketched in. Billie Burke and Alan Mowbry are among those who suffer. Not to mention Franklin Pangborn, playing a desk clerk as he frequently did but here a desk clerk in Paris who speaks English with a (bad) French accent.The two standouts are D'Arcy as a baron who woos the Burke, who is separated from Roland Young (also a fine performer but just not funny in these movies.) The scene on the beach in which invisible Constance Bennett snatches away his bathing suit is about as close as the plot gets to genuine humor.Veree Teasdale, as Burke's tough society woman pal, walks away with the whole thing. She is extremely funny. Is her role a bit of stereotype? Yes. But the writers fleshed it out