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Cast
- Gene HackmanReverend Scott
- Ernest BorgnineMike Rogo
- Red ButtonsJames Martin
- Carol LynleyNonnie Parry
- Roddy McDowallAcres
- Stella StevensLinda Rogo
- Shelley WintersBelle Rosen
- Jack AlbertsonManny Rosen
- Leslie NielsenCaptain Harrison
- Pamela Sue MartinSusan Shelby
Recommendations
- 83
The A.V. Club
There's ample overacting by the likes of Stella Stevens, Ernest Borgnine, and Shelley Winters, but the movie's one-obstacle-atop-another plot—and active meditation on faith—remain sharp and surprising. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
Once the lady in question is overturned by a freak tidal wave the tone shifts from unintentionally comedic to undeniably exciting as renegade priest Gene Hackman leads a motley band of souls (including Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, and Roddy McDowall) on their upside down quest to escape from a watery grave. - 80
Variety
The Poseidon Adventure is a highly imaginative and lustily-produced meller that socks over the dramatic struggle of 10 passengers to save themselves after an ocean liner capsizes when struck by a mammoth tidal wave created by a submarine earthquake. - 75
Rolling Stone
The effects here run the gamut from grandiose to goofy, but watch the upside-down ballroom sequence again. It's a set piece of pure destructive bliss, set to a symphony of screaming and breaking glass. Awesome. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
A well thought-out script and fine direction keep a steady amount of tension, which doesn't let up until the survivors are rescued. - 75
Slant Magazine
A nightmarishly schematic fantasia of guiltless discomfort. - 70
Time Out
It's a terrific piece of junk: the top-notch screenwriters (Stirling Silliphant and Wendell Mayes) never let a cliché slip through the net, and Neame's anaemic direction ensures that every absurdity is treated at face value. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
This is a wonderful formula. I love it. The Poseidon Adventure is the kind of movie you know is going to be awful, and yet somehow you gotta see it, right?
