The black-and-white overlong, dated and uneven film, a less than endearing talk-fest, is rescued from drowning in a sea of words by its fine cast.
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07/15/07
Ship of Fools (1965)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:13
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 29 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer and Lee Marvin all give mature and passionate performances in this adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's 1962 novel recounting the voyage of a German ship... [More]
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Oskar Werner, Heinz Ruehmann
Director: Stanley Kramer
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Reviews for Ship of Fools
1 - 16 (sorted by rotten rating)
As glib as Stanley Kramer often is, there is probably nothing glibber in his entire output than this Abby Mann adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's novel.
01/01/00
Top CriticDon't look now, but as you might expect with message-mad Kramer at the helm of this adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's novel, there's a heavy allegory aboard.
06/24/06
The film's interest lies in the excellent cast.
05/24/03
Superb acting in an Abby Mann script that seldom descends into bathos.
11/07/07
A powerful, ironic film.
05/20/03
No review available.
03/12/04
No review available.
10/09/05
Prestigious and literary cinema at its most ponderous, transfer of Porter's novel to the the big screen by Kramer (the wrong director) is crude and pretentious, but some of the performances, particularly Signoret, Leigh and Dunn, are good.
07/30/07
No review available.
12/21/04
GRAND HOTEL on a boat. Interesting, but overlong and strained
08/07/02
Werner and Signoret were wonderful, and deserved their nominations.
02/28/02
No review available.
05/23/03
No review available.
03/11/03
All-star cast in ultimately grim tale.
01/04/05
Director-producer Stanley Kramer and scenarist Abby Mann have distilled the essence of Katherine Anne Porter's bulky novel in a film that appeals to the intellect and the emotions.
11/07/07
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