Rating of
3.5/4
A good movie set on a ship
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 09/30/09
Mister Roberts is a good film about a ship in world war 2 that is far away from the action. It effectively shows the politics between the men, the officers and the captain. A funny film but also effective in its drama too. It balances both properly with keeping the comedy and making so the drama is not out of place. The show has a few jokes that are more of stupid than funny but on a whole it is a good movie. I also like the fact that it does not have any of the cliched ship scenes like fighting back a storm I hate those scenes. It instead sticks to the characters who are good although all the men are more of a group rather than separate characters.
Oscar Win- Jack Lemmon Best supporting actor 5/5 - Jack Lemmon gives a comedic performance that can be compared to many of his other comedic performances he later gave. This though I think he works better because he is supporting and used in just the right amount. I found that he could get annoying sometimes when he was the lead but as a supporting character he makes the most out of every scene he is in.
