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07/07/08
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:18
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: It's New Year's Eve and the luxury ocean liner Poseidon is on a magnificent voyage from New York to Athens. Unfortunately, disaster befalls passengers and crew when the cruise ship is capsized by a... [More]
Starring: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Stella Stevens
Director: Ronald Neame
Reviews for The Poseidon Adventure
Top CriticClassic of disaster movie genre with memorable cast.
07/26/07
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06/24/06
"timo filme-catástrofe que, além do habitual elenco estelar e da excepcional direção de arte, conta com tensas seqüências de ação.
06/22/06
The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first disaster flicks and it arguably remains the best.
05/18/06
What the glittering, star-driving survivalism of Poseidon Adventure actually presents is a nightmarishly schematic fantasia of guiltless discomfort.
05/08/06
If we're making picks for the most entertaining disaster flicks ever made -- my enthusiastic vote goes to The Poseidon Adventure. Easily.
04/28/06
Neither as exciting nor as unintentionally funny as one would like it to be.
04/19/06
No review available.
03/09/06
Pure '70s Hollywood.
12/19/05
One of the best of the 1970s all-star disaster movies.
09/21/05
No review available.
07/08/05
No review available.
06/06/05
superb guilty pleasure
05/13/05
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05/09/05
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10/23/04
Top CriticNo review available.
08/18/04
Now you've done it; high concept disaster movies, especially those of Irwin Allen, are one of the chinks in my critical armor. Just can't watch them enough.
07/15/03
A great, cheesy voyage that is grandly entertaining.
07/06/03
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May 11, 2006:
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May 08, 2006:
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May 02, 2006:
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