The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:18
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: It's New Year's Eve and the luxury ocean liner Poseidon is on a magnificent voyage from New York to Athens. Unfortunately, disaster befalls passengers and crew when the cruise ship is capsized by a... [More]
Starring: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Stella Stevens
Director: Ronald Neame
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Reviews for The Poseidon Adventure
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Classic of disaster movie genre with memorable cast.
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4/5 |
"timo filme-catástrofe que, além do habitual elenco estelar e da excepcional direção de arte, conta com tensas seqüências de ação.
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3/4 |
The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first disaster flicks and it arguably remains the best. Full Review |
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3/4 |
What the glittering, star-driving survivalism of Poseidon Adventure actually presents is a nightmarishly schematic fantasia of guiltless discomfort. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
If we're making picks for the most entertaining disaster flicks ever made -- my enthusiastic vote goes to The Poseidon Adventure. Easily. Full Review |
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B- |
Neither as exciting nor as unintentionally funny as one would like it to be. Full Review |
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 2/5 |
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4/5 |
Pure '70s Hollywood.
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4/5 |
One of the best of the 1970s all-star disaster movies.
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2/5 |
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
superb guilty pleasure
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4/5 |
Now you've done it; high concept disaster movies, especially those of Irwin Allen, are one of the chinks in my critical armor. Just can't watch them enough.
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4/5 |
Classic disaster movie. Still holds up today as the survivors climb up a capsized boat.
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A great, cheesy voyage that is grandly entertaining.
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CommentLatest News for The Poseidon Adventure
July 13, 2006:
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May 11, 2006:
Critical Consensus: "Poseidon" Sinks, "Luck" Is Lacking
This week at the movies, we've got capsizing vessels ("Poseidon"), capsizing fortunes ("Just My Luck"), and goooooooooaaaaaals ("Goal!"). Which of... More...
May 08, 2006:
Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, and Cast Discuss "Poseidon" Adventure
Josh Lucas knows that actors have it easier than other people. But the making of "Poseidon" was an incredibly difficult undertaking, he said. "I never compare... More...
May 02, 2006:
Photo Gallery Update: "Poseidon"
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