Ship of Fools
The story takes place on a film set in the 1930s. It is about a ship traveling to Mexico with many kinds of passengers which represent a society with many complex relationships and chaos.
13 February 1934, Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA
22 March 1920, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
14 September 1941, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 October 1934, Shattuck, Oklahoma, USA
26 February 1905, Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
23 August 1907, New York, USA
12 May 1918, Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
8 January 1912, Santurce, Puerto Rico
October 1, 1889 in Los Angeles, California, USA
February 11, 1938
12 April 1896, Kingman, Arizona, USA
July 15, 2007
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.
May 24, 2003
The film's interest lies in the excellent cast.
May 20, 2003
A powerful, ironic film.
February 28, 2002
Werner and Signoret were wonderful, and deserved their nominations.
November 07, 2007
Superb acting in an Abby Mann script that seldom descends into bathos.
June 24, 2006
Don'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.
July 30, 2007
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.
January 01, 2000
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.
January 04, 2005
All-star cast in ultimately grim tale.
November 07, 2007
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.
August 07, 2002
It makes for OK drama all the same, but it's all on the heavy-handed side. Well, subtlety was never Kramer's strong suit.
