Ship of Fools (B&W) [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Ship of Fools (B&W) [VHS]
Movie Review: One of the best!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the great classics about human vulnerabilities and how we deal with them. Sublime moments of humor and saddness. Just like life.Movie Review: Very dull
Summary: 2 Stars
Exceedingly long, fairly slow, retread topics about rascism. A bunch of different types on a boat, an allegory for the world in the 1930s, foreshadoing the clash of WWII and other events to come. A lot of droning talk about Jews. Very slow and long movie. Emphasis on trite discussions about social classes. Obnoxious Germans. Dull diner table discussions on the cruise ship. Vivien Leigh gave a nice performance. A Jew and a midget assess the situations. Movie Review: 2.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 3 Stars
The Bottom Line:
Ship of Fools tells the story of various passengers on an ocean liner heading for pre-WWII Nazi Germany by unwisely ignoring the more interesting sociopolitical themes in order to focus on the more leaden soap opera type interactions between the passengers; something of a forerunner to Irwin Allen's later blockbusters in this regard (though without a disaster) it's not a film to make time for.
Movie Review: Careful - Full Screen Rather than the Original Aspect Ratio
Summary: 1 Stars
I just received my DVD copy of Ship of Fools & was disappointed that it is presented in the hackneyed, butchered Standard/Full Screen rather than respecting the original aspect ratio. Such tampering/butchering should be illegal. It's not only a rippoff to the film's admires but its being sold without clearly warning the customer.Movie Review: A real klunker: over-obvious and overlong
Summary: 2 Stars
A socially conscious would-be epic, from back in the days When Art Mattered. The story takes place on a German ocean liner in the early 1930s, traveling from Mexico back to Der Fatherland, with an all-star cast of Spaniards, Americans, Jews, drunks, dwarves, exiles, tortured artists and Germans -- both good and bad -- all sailing towards their date with Destiny. Honestly, I could only force myself to watch about two-thirds of the way through, and then I had to admit I was stone cold bored, and besides, the rental was already one day overdue and it was getting close to closing time. This isn't a bad movie, but its earnest, over-serious style of presentation felt very dated, and I could see where the plot was headed from a mile away. Some fine character actors, but kind of a lumpy, klunky script. (Axton)