Review of The African Queen (1952) by Bosley Crowther for The New York Times — 17 Apr 1961
A slick job of movie hoodwinking with a thoroughly implausible romance, set in a frame of wild adventure that is as whopping as its tale of off-beat love. And the main tone and character of it are in the area of the well-disguised spoof.
..Mr. Huston merits credit for putting this fantastic tale on a level of sly, polite kidding and generally keeping it there, while going about the happy business of engineering excitement and visual thrills.
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This review of The African Queen (1952) was written by Bosley Crowther and published by The New York Times on 17 Apr 1961.
The African Queen has generally received very positive reviews.
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