For a movie that revels in its very artificiality, And the Ship Sails On possesses an astonishing emotional resonance in its last scenes.
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09/22/09
And the Ship Sails On (1984)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:8
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Fellini takes the viewer on a sea voyage in 1914, complete with a collection of passengers of every description - an Austrian duke, peasant refugees, and members of the cast of an Italian opera... [More]
Starring: Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Peter Cellier
Director: Federico Fellini
Reviews for And the Ship Sails On
1 - 11 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Veers from the tedious to the fascinating.
02/27/09
The picture is worth watching, if only for the scenes with the rhino and the lengthy opening sequence, which begins as a scratchy, sepia-toned silent film that gradually but gloriously develops into a colorful sound picture.
08/29/06
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01/26/06
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08/12/05
Can be seen as a highly imaginative history lesson of the passing of an era
07/23/03
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05/24/03
[The film] is to most movies what the Folies-Bergere was to the theater, a celebration of spectacle, even when it exists only for its own sake.
05/20/03
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12/30/02
A lesser Fellini is still much greater than most of the product presented for our consumption.
01/01/00
Obviously, it isn't the intellectual content that's meant to carry the picture, but even Fellini's elaborate visuals seem timid and uninspired this time around.
01/01/00
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