"Donovan's Reef" was technically the last film that John Ford and John Wayne did together. Having made several other pictures, most of them Westerns, their last collaboration was a definite departure from the others that they had made together.
"Donovan's Reef is a slapstick filled, ridiculous film about two life long friends who share the same birthday, and their pursuit of a stiff, straight-laced woman, who happens to be the daughter of their best friend.
Beautifully filmed, with a different type of scenery as wonderful as any of those Ford films that were shot in Monument Valley, "Donovan's Reef" seems as though it were made for no other reason than for the stars and their director to make a film and get a free vacation in Hawaii thrown in for good measure.
The performances are all terrific. Wayne and Lee Marvin are a good comic pairing. Jack Warden, Elizabeth Allen and especially Ceasar Romero are all wonderful to watch. It's clear that there was a lot of fun on the set, and that they all enjoyed making the film.
A pure trifle, "Donovan's Reef" is the fun to watch. It's also something of a timepiece, as they clearly do not make movies like this, or have stars like this anymore.
"Donovan's Reef is a slapstick filled, ridiculous film about two life long friends who share the same birthday, and their pursuit of a stiff, straight-laced woman, who happens to be the daughter of their best friend.
Beautifully filmed, with a different type of scenery as wonderful as any of those Ford films that were shot in Monument Valley, "Donovan's Reef" seems as though it were made for no other reason than for the stars and their director to make a film and get a free vacation in Hawaii thrown in for good measure.
The performances are all terrific. Wayne and Lee Marvin are a good comic pairing. Jack Warden, Elizabeth Allen and especially Ceasar Romero are all wonderful to watch. It's clear that there was a lot of fun on the set, and that they all enjoyed making the film.
A pure trifle, "Donovan's Reef" is the fun to watch. It's also something of a timepiece, as they clearly do not make movies like this, or have stars like this anymore.