Key Largo

Pros: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Clair Trevor, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Story, Cinematography, Score
Cons: Robinson steals the scenes from Bogart, Bacall given little to do

Key Largo (1948) "Life on land has become too complicated for my taste." Frank McCloud Discharged Army Major Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) stops on his way South to pay his respects at the Largo Hotel, one of his deceased troops' ...

Pros: Classic film
Cons: Hurricane scenes came and went too fast and the way the men were dressed

When I read Steven Murray's announcement of his 2000th review and the write-off he was posting in honor of that grand occasion, I knew I would participate with more than one review since the theme of "Black and White" movies is quite original and very ...

Pros: Bogie goes it alone against Robinson and the rent-a-thugs.
Cons: Fairly predictable, but whatever...

"We had it all...just like Bogart and Bacall...sailin' away to Key Largo..."

That was a refrain from a song that was popular on the radio not so many years back, and I thought about that song the other day when I slipped the DVD of...

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In Key Largo Humphrey Bogart plays Frank McCloud, another of his cynical world weary heroes. Frank is travveling to the island in the Florida Keys in order to visit a friend's hotel, yet when he gets there he finds the place has been taken over by ...

Pros: actors, screenplay, intense situations.
Cons: Fans of modern action/thrillers will probably find this far too chatty.

Key Largo is one of the numerous films that director John Huston made with Humphrey Bogart. The ...

Pros: Trevor, Bogart and Bacall
Cons: I could have lived my whole life not having to see Edgar G. Robinson in a bath tub

This movie, made in 1948, brings Bogart and Bacall together in a post WWII drama that was made on a budget, and based on a stage play that had some (limited) success on Broadway. Besides the appeal of Bacall and Bogart, the story is simple and the...

Pros: cast, story, direction
Cons: characters

"Key Largo" was the last of four films starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. They had wed in 1945, after Bogart's divorce from his third wife Mayo Methot had become official. Bacall gives worshipful glances to Bogie throughout; one has...

Pros: Bogie and Bacall
Cons: None in particular.

To my mind this is the best of Bogie and Bacall. I don't need to tell you anything about the plot except the casting. Bogart plays a war veteran, Bacall his buddy's widow, Lionel Barrymore his buddy's father, Edward G. Robinson a gangster on the run,...

Pros: Lionel Barrymore praying for death; positive representation of Native Americans by standards of era
Cons: May have been more effective onstage; gangsters are almost as stupid as the sheriff!

A bigger building. More guns and killing. More complex relationships. Those are some of the elements which set apart "Die Hard" from this film, one of the first "gangsters take a building and everybody in it hostage" flicks....

Pros: A fine movie with a lot of kitsch to it.
Cons: A lot of kitsch to it.

In recent conversations I have found myself struggling to define postmodernism. Having been the critic who called the use of postmodernism for postmodernism’s sake during the mid-to-late 90s “pulling the postmodern shtick,” you would really expect that...

Pros: Enjoyable and entertaining with well known actors.
Cons: Not the most exciting plot and many unrealistic aspects

An entertaining movie with a predictable plot, unrealistic characters and famous actors produced a timeless classic of suspense, action and intrigue. “Key Largo” directed by John Huston, contains some of the most famous and sought after actors of ...

Pros: Cast, dialogue, emotional dynamics.
Cons: Slightly dated. Looks at times like a stage play (which it was).

My wife went to a public library in search of great old B&W movies and brought this one back as part of the haul. I have to wonder how many listeners to that MOR pop song "Key Largo" have any first-hand knowledge of this somewhat claustrophobic...

Pros: hard to find any
Cons: the script and screenplay

Key Largo, a small island off of the southern tip of Florida, but also a movie. It is hard to determine what genre Key Largo fits into. If it was a gangster movie, then it was not a very good gangster movie. If it was a love story, then there was not...