inspectors71 About 75 dopey comedies later, Dean Jones must have been wondering just how badly typecast he really was. He certainly doesn't look too enthused as a office drone who inherits a run-down ski motel in Disney's Snowball Express (1972). There's about five minutes of actual story in this hundred minute flick, with an additional eleven minutes hacked out for broadcast on the Hallmark Movie Channel. You'll never, ever notice.What's bad about Snowball Express is that it just reeks of I-don't-care; even the title is a non-sequitur, having nothing to do with the story. The plot is stale, the performances are bland, and there's maybe two good laughs for anyone above twelve.My suggestion is to stick with one of the Computer Wore Tennis Shoes or Love Bugs. At least they're cute and funny.And Dean Jones doesn't look like he's got a gut ache.

moonspinner55 "Snowball Express" from the Disney Studios isn't quite as dated as some of their output from this era. There are no hippies or hot-rodders, just dull-as-dishwater Dean Jones inheriting a ramshackle hotel/ski-resort from a deceased relative. When Jones and family pull into a sleepy Colorado town, the folks who give them directions--looking like extras from "Deliverance"--are curiously vague about the hotel (we expect it to look like a one-room shanty), but actually the accommodations are very nice. Jones' teenage daughter has a sour look on her face throughout (which doesn't prevent one of the local yahoos from leering at her), and of course clumsy pop Dean Jones is a regular stumblebum on the slopes, leading to a lot of pratfalls in the slush. Perhaps this square scenario might've benefited from some magical whimsy, for this script is a frozen stiff. * from ****

rjholtmus I am a 61 year old grandfather who is still a kid at heart. I still roar with laughter at the silly antics of the Roadrunner and Wiley Cayote. True, this movies is dated. All movies made in the 1970's are dated now, but this is such good clean fun that I would not hesitate to show this at a children's Sunday School class party. The "surprises" the family finds in unexpected places as they work to refurbish the hotel in time for the ski season; the fact that no one in the family skies; and the shenanigans they go through trying to get various jobs accomplished makes this movie a true comedy classic. In my opinion movie makers, in general, and Disney, in particular, have lost this sense of fun and it is a real shame. If you like this movie, I would also recommend "The Million Dollar Duck" and "Black Beard's Ghost" - also with Dean Jones - and also truly Disney Classics.

jdana I have a well-worn, copied from tv version of this movie that I watch again and again. The cast is wonderful and the ski and snow-mobile scenes leave me laughing till I cry. Harry Morgan gives (in my opinion) one of his best performances and Dean Jones is in fine form with other Disney regulars making this an exceptional family movie. Could we please see a release in the near future?? Families need movies like these!