The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Adventure · Fantasy · Family · 1959
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
Movie details
Journey to the Center of the Earth
“A fabulous world below the world”
1959 Adventure · Fantasy · Family 2h 12m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.9 / 10
Community rating
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Journey to the Center of the Earth?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Henry Levin
Written by
Walter Reisch · Charles Brackett
James Mason
Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
Arlene Dahl
Carla Göteborg
Pat Boone
Alexander 'Alec' McKuen
Peter Ronson
Hans Belker
Thayer David
Count Saknussem
Diane Baker
Jenny Lindenbrook
Alan Napier
Dean
Court is in session
Put Journey to the Center of the Earth on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.