Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Aglaope Despite its age this was an excellent old film. It can't fail to entertain virtually everyone.It's about a dying way of life, with different pace and priorities, but a life they love. This old way of life clashes with a newer way of life with a different pace and priorities.The often drunken and flawed captain and crew drift through life enjoying themselves, but usually on the wrong side of the law. Ironically often looked after by the youngest member of the crew; the wee boy.As a result of desperation and deviousness they pick up a cargo from an American tycoon, which they hope will save their little ship for another day. The story centres around trying to deliver the cargo and their battles and clashes with the American.As well as being an excellent film, the social history is excellent also.

Rueiro Until last night, I had seen all of the Ealing-Michael Balcon comedies but this one, of which I knew nothing until just a few days ago. I found the first 15-20 minutes so boring and anything but amusing that I nearly stopped watching it there, but then the "subway" sequence got a few laughs out of me and so I decided to go along. Even if this film does not stand among the funniest ones in the series it really had me laughing my head off at a few scenes: the poaching, Pusey being locked up at the police station, and the Maggie's crew discussing where to set course for after being spotted by Marshall from the air. I didn't know Paul Douglas before, and at first I thought I had missed a second or two in the opening titles because he looks like Herbert Marshall. I much liked his performance and totally sympathised with him at his misfortunes caused by that bunch of bumbling idiots from the boat. The cabin boy is the only member of the idiotic crew who has a bit of sense and wits about himself, although I have to admit that I felt pity of the skipper when Marshall tells him he has bought out the Maggie and will see her to a scrapyard after the voyage is over. That moment touched me because even if the skipper is an idiot the Maggie is his means of livelihood and it also is all he has in the world. Marshall's decision of losing his cargo in order to save the Maggie at the end stands out of credibility though, since the man has been losing loads of money ever since the crazy voyage began and saving the ship will gain him nothing. The skipper had already taken some cash in advance for the job and he had just accepted the fact that the boat was lost to the ravages of the sea. Why should Marshall then sacrifice his cargo like that after hating the skipper's guts all along? He could just save his cargo like the skipper tells him and then pay the man the rest of the money so he could buy himself a new boat. But despite of the improbable ending, I enjoyed this nice little comedy.

Tim Kidner The Maggie. An underrated, gentle little comedy, the sort of which Ealing are associated with. The storyline packs quite a punch on American capitalism as a tycoon gets to believe that, after cutting corners and underestimating the crew of the 'Maggie', he can buy out his mistake with dollars alone.Great cast that play a Clydeside crew, that quietly and cannily let things gently take their course. The scenery is more Whisky Galore than the East-end that is the more usual home of Ealing and the nice black and white photography suits the subject well. Pacing is a far cry from the frenetic of The Lavender Hill Mob and lets it story breathe quietly.It's one of my favourite Ealings. If you haven't seen it, give it a try, you might add it to yours, too!

MartinHafer I have loved the Ealing Studios comedies for years. They have been clever and charming without exception until I saw "The Maggie"--and, oddly, I felt amazingly indifferent about this film. While well acted and occasionally interesting, it sure felt like one of their lesser films.The Maggie is a tiny old boat that is nearly ready for the scrap heap. Yet, inexplicably, the owner and his crew are amazingly attached to this craft and are scrambling to find a way to keep their failing business afloat (as well as the boat). In a last-ditch effort to come up with funds, they agree to transport some items for an American industrialist (Paul Douglas)--even though they are woefully equipped to do this. The boat is too small, too slow and 100% wrong for the job. Once Douglas realizes he's been had, the Maggie's crew absconds with his cargo--making the run anyway. Douglas is infuriated and spends much of the film looking for these men to get his goods back and send the items on a REAL ship. When he does find the Maggie, it's too late to arrange for another ship, so he joins the crew--all the while mad that he's stuck on a slug-like craft that has long outlasted her usefulness.While this plot is reasonably diverting, what happens towards the end of the film makes zero sense--NONE whatsoever. In fact, it comes so far out of left field that it made me mad about seeing the film. The end, simply put, was overly sentimental and formulaic--something I never expected from Ealing. This 'happily ever after' ending is something more like you might find in Hollywood--but even then, the ending seemed very, very strained.I see a lot of people reviewing the film liked it. I assume they could accept the way this film ended...I just know I couldn't.