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Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) a score of 2.9631 out of 4

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Channel 4 Film

This true story of how Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against the cruel Captain Bligh in 1789 cost $19 million and had the advantage of Technicolor, but the previous black-and-white movie of 1935 told it better in a much shorter space of time. During ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at Channel 4 Film

Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics

Its picture postcard scenery couldn't hide how colorless the film felt at times. ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics

Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)

If you had asked me what Marlon Brando should never be cast as the answer would have been easy enough: a foppish British aristocrat, no way the poster boy for grit and instinct could get close to that. Here, Marlon proves he could do it all. His ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)

The Fresh Films Review (Norwegian)

I regi av den aldrende 30- og 40-tallsregissÃ¸ren Lewis Milestone, fremstÃ¥r denne versjonen av eventyret om den berÃ¸mte 1700-tallsskuta The Bounty som blaserende selvhÃ¸ytidelig. Den er fremstÃ¥ende moderne filmteknisk, men tilsvarende foreldet i takt ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at The Fresh Films Review (Norwegian)

New York Times (Bosley Crowther)

FOR a robust and rousing enactment of a mutiny in a square-rigged sailing ship, bristling with cutlasses and firearms, and of the troubles between the captain and his crew that lead up to this encouter, you will have to wait a long time to beat what you ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at New York Times (Bosley Crowther)

Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

By reputation, this three-hour 1962 remake of the Charles Laughton-Clark Gable MGM classic (1935) was the first production in which Marlon Brando really ran amok, with various delays causing the budget to skyrocket. Hardly anyone was pleased with the ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

filmcritic.com (--)

An especially grandiose production for its era, the first production of Mutiny on the Bounty sailed into history with Charles Laughton as the evil Captain Bligh and Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian, the officer who joined the crew against him. While ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at filmcritic.com (--)

Time Out (--)

Milestone's overlong and frequently leaden version of the classic tale of sadism and revolt, set in the high-adventure world of an 18th century ship sailing to the South Pacific, is not a patch upon the 1935 Laughton and Gable version. Brando makes a ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at Time Out (--)

LeisureSuit.net (--)

Mutiny on the Bounty (Frank Lloyd, 1935): I keep seeing that ad on TV for Titanic debuting on HBO. HBO seems to believe that it's the biggest event in the history of television. Another moon landing, or something. I actually like Titanic, but it's no ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at LeisureSuit.net (--)

Classic Film Guide

Directed by two time Academy Award winning director Lewis Milestone (his last film, after Carol Reed quit), and based on the novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall with a screenplay by Charles Lederer, this below average yet lavish Technicolor ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at Classic Film Guide

Britmovie

It is inconceivable that Carol Reed could have done much more with the MGM remake of Mutiny on the Bounty than anyone else. The project could not have been more jinxed if a school of albatrosses had alighted on Marlon Brando's contract in January 1960, ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at Britmovie

Edwin Jahiel

True sea-story begins in 1787, develops into a long voyage from home, climaxes in uprising against cruel, martinet Captain Bligh. Filmed before in 1935 with Charles Laughton as a remarkable Bligh and Clark Gable as lead mutineer Fletcher Christian . In ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at Edwin Jahiel

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

This sweeping remake of the 1935 Oscar-winning version starring Clark Gable-Charles Laughton suffers in comparison for the following reasons: it's overlong at 180 minutes, poorly paced, spends too much time on the unimportant Tahiti romantic interludes, ...read the complete Mutiny on the Bounty movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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