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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.
October 15, 1892 in Montana, USA
28 November 1896, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
24 December 1939, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
30 August 1939, Ocala, Florida, USA
27 May 1920, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 February 1924, New York City, New York, USA
12 May 1918, Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
22 March 1920, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
6 April 1918, Berlin, Germany
26 August 1904, Imuris, Sonora, Mexico
7 March 1902, Essen, Germany
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.
February 28, 2002
Werner and Signoret were wonderful, and deserved their nominations.
May 24, 2003
The film's interest lies in the excellent cast.
January 04, 2005
All-star cast in ultimately grim tale.
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.
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.
May 20, 2003
A powerful, ironic film.
November 07, 2007
Superb acting in an Abby Mann script that seldom descends into bathos.
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.
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.