The African Queen simultaneously undermines Hepburn’s greatest quality (her intelligence) and Bogart’s (his dangerousness) and then asks us to fall for them falling for each other.

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Katherine Hepburn looks like she's melting in this.

A fun and easy watch, leads have great chemistry, colours are vibrant and direction assured.
For now it's missing something that pushes this into 'absolutely favourite' territory, perhaps the romance was a little too quick, but definitely one I will watch again.

I really enjoyed this movie. Bogart and Hepburn are both great together.

My girlfriend admitted she had never seen this amazing picture, so naturally I'd be the world's worst partner if I didn't immediately sit her down and have her watch what I consider one of the greatest films of all time? There's something so wonderful about the simplicity of John Huston's masterpiece. Yes, he does a remarkable job with the spectacle when needed, but really it's just a joy to watch Charlie and Rosie sail down the river in that rickety old boat and slowly fall in love with each other.

100 Movies Challenge #11

An enjoyable odd couple adventure movie. The strangest thing by far is seeing these two screen legends in technicolor - I don't think I've ever seen Bogart in technicolor. I really hope they used the scene where Bogart honks at hippos in his Oscar clip reel.

The African Queen simultaneously undermines Hepburn’s greatest quality (her intelligence) and Bogart’s (his dangerousness) and then asks us to fall for them falling for each other.

More here: www.larsenonfilm.com/the-african-queen

I really enjoyed this movie. Bogart and Hepburn are both great together.

My girlfriend admitted she had never seen this amazing picture, so naturally I'd be the world's worst partner if I didn't immediately sit her down and have her watch what I consider one of the greatest films of all time? There's something so wonderful about the simplicity of John Huston's masterpiece. Yes, he does a remarkable job with the spectacle when needed, but really it's just a joy to watch Charlie and Rosie sail down the river in that rickety old boat and slowly fall in love with each other.

100 Movies Challenge #11

An enjoyable odd couple adventure movie. The strangest thing by far is seeing these two screen legends in technicolor - I don't think I've ever seen Bogart in technicolor. I really hope they used the scene where Bogart honks at hippos in his Oscar clip reel.

This definitely is an impressive movie. The african scenery is beautiful and all the work done with the environment and the natives in Africa shows. As always, Bogart and Hepburn churn out amazing performances and with their performances carrying the story and being the all important center of the film, you can't get any better than Bogart and Hepburn. However, despite all the great things about this film I found myself not liking it that much. I didn't feel attached or caring about the characters at times, which in turn led to me to not liking the story that much as the story is heavily based on the relationship between the characters and their ability to get through the obstacles they came across in the river. I can admit it's a good film and I'm glad I watched it, but this is just one John Huston film I like less than the others.

Entertaining... but never quite lives up to it's opening sequence.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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