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Lifeboat (1944)
Rate:
8
Viewed:
10/13
10/13:
Lifeboat is an unrealistic, melodramatic picture about stranded passengers on a lifeboat after the sinking of a ship.
Looking at the lifeboat, I can't believe the size of it. Everybody is snugly fit, too. To make things interesting,
a German has to be included with other American and English survivors. Then, to push the envelope further, he has
to be the bad guy just to reinforce a point. Things are made worse by the sight of Tallulah Bankhead who comes off as a
cheap floozy with mink coat.
As the days pass by, everybody still looks good. Nobody is sunburned. Nobody, except for one, is dehydrated. Nobody is
starving. Nobody's hair is messed up. Nobody's clothes are in a bad shape. Nobody's skin is dirty. I guess being stuck
in the middle of the ocean is no big deal after all. While at that, the ending is too much for me to take.
All in all, highly unrealistic, Lifeboat can be a good film if it's viewed from a certain perspective.