Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

O2D I have no idea what I have just seen.Two ship captains want the same woman and we are quickly thrown into a soap opera style drama that doesn't make much sense.This woman has no reason to be in the movie and her part just takes away from the story. So the guy who loses the girl pays one of his sailors to sail with and kill the guy who got her.Does that guy ever get on the other ship?I don't have a clue.All the men are so boring and interchangeable that they could have switched roles mid-movie and I wouldn't have noticed. We never really see how the people die, probably because this was based on a true mystery.But that raises one huge question.Why even make the movie if you will only speculate half of the story?They had no problem fabricating the set up, why not show us the killer? Still better than anything Vince Vaughn has ever done.

dougdoepke Based on an actual happening, a mysterious sailing ship with no crew is discovered in the middle of the ocean. The movie unravels the puzzle behind the crew's disappearance. I wanted to shower after this 60-minutes. This has got to be the grungiest ship's crew in movie annals. The men actually look like they were shanghaied from a waterfront fleabag. Certainly, there was no attempt by the British production to sanitize the visuals, either the men or life aboard ship. Apparently, only an edited version of the 1936 original survives. Thus, the narrative is pretty choppy, leaving holes in the storyline (e.g. characters who just disappear without explanation). Still, between the fragmented narrative, the muddy photography, and the ugly, cramped shipboard, the effect is almost surreal. While, Lugosi's mystical traveler adds an additional slice of exotica. Too bad we'll probably never know what happened aboard the real Marie Celeste. I remember being fascinated as a boy by the mysterious account of a deserted ship with meals still lying on serving tables. It's as though the crew were suddenly plucked into thin air. Anyway, this movie account is pretty fanciful, but still manages an unsettling aura, thanks in large part to Lugosi's disturbing changes. This edited version is no artistic triumph but does manage a weird appeal all its own.

SeriousJest This is an Agatha Christie-style story, without the Agatha Christie talent. The actors performed capably, but the story and script were just way too predictable and unimaginative. Furthermore, there generally wasn't enough character development to make you care about the victims. Although I figured out who the killer was pretty early, I didn't care. One scene in this film especially caught my attention, though. In the beginning of the film, Margetson's character explains to his good friend that he's fallen in love with the same girl, and plans to marry her, even if it costs him their friendship. He handles the situation directly and lays it all out there, not pulling any punches. It made me think how much better it is to handle things that way...

jadflack this rarely seen creaky old melodrama better known as " the mystery of the Marie Celeste"and was in fact based on the real life unsolved mystery of the " Marie Celeste" the ship that sailed into new york harbour in 1872 without a soul on board.this film's story was an attempt at what might have happened but is entirely fictional of course.this British made film was the first film made and released by hammer films who went on to better things in the 1950's and 1960's before becoming outdated themselves in the mid 1970's with horror tastes being changed by such films as " the exorcist" and " Texas chainsaw massacre".the mostly British cast is stiff upper lipped to the point of parody,and Bela Lugosi is Bela Lugosi as always, and to be honest difficult to understand a lot of the time.average, outdated drama.