The African Queen (1951)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:27
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: The boozing, smoking, cussing captain of a tramp steamer, Charlie Allnut, saves prim and proper Rose Sayer after her brother is killed by German soldiers at the beginning of World War I in Africa.... [More]
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Theodore Bikel
Director: John Huston
Reviews for The African Queen
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Bogart and Hepburn are truly amazing together. Full Review |
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B+ |
Huston's romantic adventure, one of the most admired movies in American history, contains iconic performances by Bogart, in his only Oscar-winning role, and Katharine Hepburn. Full Review |
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It is a picture with an unassuming warmth and naturalness... Full Review |
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The direction is often questionable, but the screenplay (by James Agee, John Collier, Huston, and Peter Viertel from C.S. Forester's novel) is a model of tight construction. Full Review |
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9/10 |
...a totally delightful and entirely engrossing romance, filled with comedy, action, and adventure. Full Review |
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Impossible to deny this film's entertainment value... Full Review |
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5/5 |
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5/5 |
One of the very best, both for Bogart and Hepburn.
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4/5 |
Grand adventure, but something more complicated, too.
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5/5 |
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B |
A much ballyhooed film that has been overrated as a classic. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Bogie and Hepburn, a dynamic duo! A love story, adventure story and comedy, all rolled into one rollicking and perilous river ride. You never get tired watching it.
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4/5 |
And so Mr. Huston merits credit for putting this fantastic tale on a level of sly, polite kidding and generally keeping it there, while going about the happy business of engineering excitement and visual thrills. Full Review |
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5/5 |
One of the best pictures of all time. Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn have remarkable chemistry, and the picture is a career highlight for each.
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4/5 |
Entertaining star vehicle, but not the great film it's assumed to be.
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4/5 |
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5/5 |
Annually gets some votes for best film ever made.
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