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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Anne of the Indies
Adventure · Drama · 1951
After buccaneer captain Anne Providence spares Pierre LaRochelle and recruits him into her pirate crew, their growing attraction is tested when Captain Blackbeard reveals LaRochelle's true identity as a former French navy officer.
Movie details
Anne of the Indies
“The storming, slashing, sweeping saga of history's fabulous pirate queen !”
1951 Adventure · Drama 1h 21m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
After buccaneer captain Anne Providence spares Pierre LaRochelle and recruits him into her pirate crew, their growing attraction is tested when Captain Blackbeard reveals LaRochelle's true identity as a former French navy officer.
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 Anne of the Indies?
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
Jacques Tourneur
Written by
Philip Dunne · Herbert Ravenel Sass · Arthur Caesar
Jean Peters
Captaine Anne Providence
Louis Jourdan
Captaine Pierre François LaRochelle
Debra Paget
Molly LaRochelle
Herbert Marshall
Dr Jameson
Thomas Gomez
Captaine Edward Teach alias Blackbeard
James Robertson Justice
Red Dougal
Francis Pierlot
Herkimer
Court is in session
Put Anne of the Indies 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.