Ship of Fools
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Movie Reviews of Ship of Fools
Movie Review: "Ship of Fools" fulfills romantic and comic expectations
Summary: 5 Stars
With a terrific cast, "Ship" provides the viewer with a rare assortment of human dilemmas. The romance between La Contessa and the ship doctor is the best of all. Werner and Signoret bring warmth and world-weary acceptance to their brief affair. Lee Marvin and Michael Dunn provide comedic contrast in their individual disabilities and perspectives. Jose Grecco's dance troupe provides true dancing entertainment, and cynacism at the same time. Jose Ferrar offers a truly terrifying and funny portrait of the Nazi era to come. George Segal and Elizabeth Ashley are just annoying. Vivian Leigh's performance alone is enough to overlook Ashley and Segal. Very well worth a look.Movie Review: The calm before the storm
Summary: 5 Stars
A classic motion picture from the 1950s, made in black and white. The setting is in 1933 aboard an ocean liner traveling from Vera Cruz, Mexico, to Bremerhaven, Germany, with an intermediate stop in Spain. There is a class structure aboard the ship ranging from the Spanish laborers traveling back to Spain and confined to steerage, up to the upper class Germans traveling in first class. Jews are segragated in the ship's dining room, but do not see any danger in returning to Germany. After all, one has an iron cross from serving in World War I. It is a study in attitudes and relationships, with some comments on class sttucture.Movie Review: Ship of Fools
Summary: 5 Stars
These older movies are like fine wine...just get better with age. And compared to the crap that Hollywood has put out in recent years, this flick is getting better with age. Lee Marvin is always great, and don't forget the aging Vivien Leigh, (aka Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind), both put on a marvelous performance.
Not too many movies were made in reference to Nazi germany of 1935 thru 1939 and this is surely one of the best. Do not miss watching the actors and actresses in this one; you will be glad you saw it!!
Movie Review: The precognitive atmosphere!
Summary: 5 Stars
A fascinating, intense, penetrating, haunting and exploratory drama around a group of passengers traveling from south America to Berlin before the nazi outbreak. From the powerful best seller of Katherine Potter, the picture makes an incisive dissection around the different human profiles, anguishes, and fears under a dark cloud of fatal shadows.
One of my top films of the Sixties. Simone Signoret, Oskar Werner, Lee Marvin are specially effective in this absorbing achievement of Stanley Kramer.
Movie Review: "S * O * S"
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great little obscure film--full of wonderful character actors, a stellar performance by Michael Dunn, little person. If you have wondered about Vivien Leigh as Scarlet O'Hara, well this proves that the lady could truly act, was a master at her craft. Lee Marvin is great, as always, though this is an unusual role for him to play. The movie is basically about the characters--the people on the ship, their internal dramas that are breaking to the surface. Giant results from a low budget. It CAN be done.