Review of Mad Ship (2013) by Richard D — 26 Sep 2013
A frustratingly uneven film shot around Winnipeg. A Scandinavian immigrant farmer loses everything during the Depression and in desperation and madness, builds a ship out of his house and barn to take his family home.
A beautiful looking and poetic film that almost completely fails to capture the period it's set in. Perhaps the relatively low budget is to blame, but it never feels like anything more than modern folks playing at being in the 1930s.
Script problems also plague the film. It takes so long to get to the building of the titular ship, that the event feels really abbreviated and anti-climactic.
This review of Mad Ship (2013) was written by Richard D on 26 Sep 2013.
Mad Ship has generally received positive reviews.
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