The Captain's Paradise

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Russ G A ferry captain experiences every man's fantasy, enjoying two diametrically opposed cultures separated by the Straight of Gibraltar: British domesticity as solid as the Rock, and the excitement of Morocco mere hours away. Sir Alec is superb as are his two Leading Ladies. This is a classic that doesn't get screened often enough. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/20/22 Full Review Audience Member I cannot think of any movies with Alec Guinness that I have not enjoyed. His reputation could have rested on his performance in Bridge on the River Kwai but his nuanced performance in Smiley's People shows his incredible range.I cannot think of any movies with Alec Guinness that I have not enjoyed. His reputation could have rested on his performance in Bridge on the River Kwai but his nuanced performance in Smiley's People shows his incredible range. But, I do not believe movies are made by actors and my mistake here was the idea that anything that Guinness appears in will be good. Maybe Rick had standards in his Casablanca bar but did every man in a Moroccan street scene really wear Western style suits? C'mon. I could go on with too many troubling examples. I can only conclude, given the 1953 date that the director or, perhaps, his* producers, decided that they wanted to create an entertainment aimed at the summer crowd at a Butlin's holiday camp. *Whoever this film's backers were, there is absolutely no way it was anything other than a him - and, no, I have't checked. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member funny UK comedy quite cheeky as they say Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review bill t Amazingly funny farce about a captain of a ship who has two wives in two different ports, and two very different lives. He has it all under control until little things start him on his downfall. Somewhat predictable in the end, but still great to watch. As usual, Guiness and Celia Johnson steal the show Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review walter m "The Captain's Paradise" starts with Henry St. James(Alec Guinness) calmly asking the firing squad to please hurry up as he has other places to be, while matter of factly refusing a blindfold. His uncle Lawrence(Miles Malleson), who just missed Henry, is told by Henry's now former Chief Officer, Ricco(Charles Goldner), how he came to be in such a predicament. It may not surprise some that it involved a woman, namely Henry's lover Nita(Yvonne De Carlo), as Ricco recounts happier times like their second anniversary in North Africa. On the other side of the Mediterranean in Gibraltar, where his crew has not been granted British visas to disembark, Henry celebrates his third anniversary with his wife Maud(Celia Johnson). Even though it is more windup than payoff, "The Captain's Paradise" is still a witty and breezy farce that is ahead of its time in exploring gender relations. Here, the joke is on Henry as he underestimates not one but two women which while certainly no record is still very impressive.(Relax, I don't think I'm giving anything away by saying that since we do know he will end up in front of a firing squad but how he gets there might surprise you.) Henry might think of his life as perfect, containing the best of all worlds, including male camaraderie, and, admittedly, it is a rather clever idea. But if he were as smart as he thought he was, then he would have found a cure for cancer. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member http://filmreviewsnsuch.blogspot.com/2011/10/captains-paradise.html Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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