The African Queen (1951)
In Africa during WW1, a gin-swilling riverboat owner/captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. (imdb)
Genres: Romance, Adventure, War
Directed By: John Huston
Written By: John Huston, James Agee, C.S. Forester
Starring: Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner, Errol John, Peter Swanwick
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| Dec 09 | ultradianguy | 91 55% |
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| Dec 03 | Deoradh | 75 65% |
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| Dec 01 |  |
Dennis Li | 0 1% |
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timseb | 27 1% |
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Incredibly dated, racist adventure with few redeeming qualities. Huston made some really good films, but this isn't one of them.
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| Nov 25 | misterfinch | 80 56% |
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| Nov 25 | julesfmb | 70 70% |
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Moribunny | 38 23% |
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Nice to see a bit of on-location Africa in technicolor (though some boat scenes are overlays), but otherwise, the flagship of industrial romance adventures gives me very little joy or excitement. It's extremely corny, and I find Bogart and Hepburn vapid and unlikable.
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| Nov 15 | xombiemonkey | 6 30% |
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The way that the romance plays out isn't always believable, but the film is still remarkably fun and engaging, especially for a movie that mostly consists of two people bickering on a boat. No wonder Bogart and Hepburn are considered among Hollywood's greatest stars.
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| Nov 05 | mcgarraugh | 3 30% |
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bof | 65 50% |
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For a film that's essentially just Bogart and Hepburn alone together on a boat, I'd expected a lot more... I dunno, pizzazz. Despite their best efforts, it veers back and forth between colonialist tourist brochure ("Nobody's ever seen this flower before!"), serial war adventure and cheesy romance as abruptly as the scene shifts from live action to miniature boats bobbing around in a creek behind John Huston's house.
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| Oct 25 |  |
jal90 | 71 37% |
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twincinema | 75 67% |
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It's an amazing testament to Bogart and Hepburn's acting abilities that this film works as well as it does. It's literally the two of them taking a boat cruise down an African river. Sure, there's some hiccups along the way, but it never feels that tense.
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An inspired piece of casting brought Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn together. This is a comedy, a love story, and a tale of adventure, and it is one of the most charming and entertaining movies ever made
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| Mar 29 | tcizadlo | 98 67% |
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| Mar 21 | RottenT | 100 98% |
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Perfectly cast, smartly written, and beautifully filmed, The African Queen remains thrilling, funny, and effortlessly absorbing even after more than half a century's worth of adventure movies borrowing liberally from its creative DNA.
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peekingpanda | 40 37% |
| Mar 12 | ytergul | 88 56% |
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An interesting historical artifact. In some ways it's far more genuine than films today, such as the depiction of the African natives or the dirt, grime, and sweat of the journey. On the other hand, the cartoonish green screen, unnatural conversations, and ludicrous ending make it more primitive and childish. Bogart and Hepburn do a fine job, but their journey and relationship is a series of discontinuous scenes without any organic transition. Still, I enjoyed seeing them overcome obstacles.
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| Mar 11 | Ceekay19 | 60 34% |
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Captain of Louisa: "By the authority vested in me by Kaiser William the Second I pronounce you man and wife - proceed with the execution."
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Classic action/romance. Doesn't bring anything new to the table but it's admirably executed.
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fra paolo | 60 67% |
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Robert Morley steals the show, but Hepburn and Bogart at least make a fight of it.
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The only way to destroy the boat was with love.
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| Sep 19, 2017 | csetlow | 76 21% |
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I saw this 65+ years after it was made so... The movie poster is far better than the movie. Perhaps its a generational thing.
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A befuddling mix of high adventure, war drama, love story, and humor, all equally contrived and improbable, and rendered with sheer cheese. The repartee between Bogart and Hepburn is completely neutered by the feeling that this entire project is Golden Age assembly line, allowing no room for Huston's usually cerebral touch. It's easy to imagine someone in this film's marketing campaign giving the old stock line: "it's got something for everyone, action for the guys and romance for the girls!"
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| Apr 30, 2017 | 92filmgeek | 54 26% |
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| Apr 29, 2017 | raters | 87 82% |
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Well crafted escapism.
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Enjoyable. The back and forth between the two archetypal opposites isn't the most nuanced, and the plot wasn't great. But this is one charming flick.
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| Jan 14, 2017 | cshadows2887 | 92 82% |
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