Somewhat overlooked

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2006)

I consider this movie one of the four best Hitchcock's films. (Along with Rear Window, Birds, Psycho.) It is amazing that essentially the whole movie takes place in the lifeboat. This could be done only - while making an interesting movie - with excellent cinematography and character development. We learn about the character of each survivor, through their interactions with each other and how they handle the various smaller crisis situations as well as their attitude to the possibility of not surviving.
Meanwhile, moral questions which will beg discussion forever are developed and approached with an amazing clarity. The movie makes viewers talk about these moral decisions long after the film ended.