Sail a Crooked Ship

Sail a Crooked Ship

Columbia Pictures

December 1961

Comedy
DVD
C-

Bumped up a notch for the intriguing cast, although I didn't feel they were given anything funny to work with.  This is based on the Nathaniel Benchley novel, and directed by Irving Brecher.

Man of the Century

Man of  the Century

Fine Line Features

January 24, 1999

Comedy
DVD
C+

I really thought I was going to like this much more than I ended up liking it.  It's a winning premise, not unlike The Brady Bunch Movie, where the main character(s) are stuck in a stylized version of a particular era, while all around them is the contemporary world, which is somewhat won over to the past.  But this movie felt unfocused and as it went on, I was less enchanted.  Still points for effort, and it's always nice to see Chasing Amy's Dwight Ewell, playing another too-smart-for-the-room gay Black man.