The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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To Have and Have Not
Adventure · Romance · War · 1945
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
Movie details
To Have and Have Not
“TALK ABOUT T.N.T! THIS is IT!”
1945 Adventure · Romance · War 1h 40m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.5 / 10
Community rating
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
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 To Have and Have Not?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
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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Nearby on the taste map.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Howard Hawks
Written by
William Faulkner · Jules Furthman · Whitman Chambers
Humphrey Bogart
Harry Morgan
Lauren Bacall
Marie Browning
Walter Brennan
Eddie
Dolores Moran
Mme. Hellene de Bursac
Hoagy Carmichael
Cricket
Sheldon Leonard
Lt. Coyo
Walter Szurovy
Paul de Bursac
Court is in session
Put To Have and Have Not 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.