I don't know why this is regarded as a classic. Conventional, predictable, trite plot. Really just a straightforward adventure story, told in the usual linear fashion. No twists, no great hidden meanings of life exposed.
Direction is fairly conventional too. No great camera tricks. Great settings though.
Humphrey Bogart is fairly solid but Katharine Hepburn's character is irritating from the word go, and stays that way throughout. Found it hard to like her, so didn't.
In the end I think it is the names of the people involved - Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, John Huston - rather than the quality of the movie that make people regard this so highly.
Direction is fairly conventional too. No great camera tricks. Great settings though.
Humphrey Bogart is fairly solid but Katharine Hepburn's character is irritating from the word go, and stays that way throughout. Found it hard to like her, so didn't.
In the end I think it is the names of the people involved - Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, John Huston - rather than the quality of the movie that make people regard this so highly.