The Snows of Kilimanjaro

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Gerald H Toowhiney, too maudlin, too pathetic, even for its time. As with many movies (especially old ones), the filmscore/soundtrack hovers above the film permanently, exhaustingly, like thick soup poured over it. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/20/24 Full Review Blu B It's one of the most boring things from the 50's I've seen. The actings alright. None of the charactersa re that likeable. Peck doesn't really have that much chemistry with anyone and his trademark stoicness is missing here. This is probably the worst I've ever seen him. The cinematography is alright enough I guess too, but the stock wildlife scenes are very noticeable. Also, the fact they are all sets and not actually Africa itself makes it clash with with the stock footage so noticeably. The direction is very basic also. The music isn't that good. It plays in the background a lot in this and it feels very sappy, over played lots of times, and just makes the boredom even worse it feels like. And the editing and pacing aren't good either. The plot is very meandering. It never is able to tie the 3 romances together into a cohesive story. It feels like stuff just happens and if you removed any one of the romances down to a 30 second expose describing them nothing would be lost really. The flashback storytelling doesn't really add anything either and makes it feel very meandering and pointless even more. It's no that this doesn't make sense but it's just there really feels like there is no point to any of it. This should've either been a cool survivor story or a much better romance focused on one relationship or a love triangle. This doesn't commit to either. Skip This. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/13/24 Full Review Steve D Nonstop downer with good acting, Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/23/24 Full Review nick s I couldn't get past half way. The actors were very good but the story seemed rudderless. There was a lot of dialogue, some of which felt redundant. I don't think the director was a disciple of the "show, don't tell" mantra. I'm sure it got better near the end but too much of a slog for me. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/20/23 Full Review Russ G Virtually anything showcasing Miss Gardner's beauty, with the possible exception of The Barefoot Contessa, is worth three stars. Susan Haywood is easy on the eyes, too; I've only seen her in B&W films before this but you have to see her in Technicolor. Peck portrays a 1st Class, OK, maybe 2nd Class, heel, but then Pappa Hemingway was no paragon of virtue, either. How any man could even think about jeopardizing a romance with Ava Gardner is rather implausible. If there's one everpresent flaw in this it's the use of sound stage shots with location backdrops; those might have been acceptable seven decades ago but they're visually distracting as they eye picks up the fakery immediately. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Oh what a stinker! I can't think of one redeeming quality. It's interminable. The plot is non-existent. It reminds me of the English Patient with the main character languishing on his death bed...only, he doesn't die; he only languishes and languishes and languishes... Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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