Despite the efforts of Producer Irving Thalberg, Director Frank Lloyd, three scenarists and $2,000,000 to give it balance, polish and direction, the picture lacks all three.
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02/17/09
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:25
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: The historical inaccuracies in this high-seas adventure are more then offset by its timeless themes, larger-than-life performances from Clark Gable and Charles Laughton, and Frank Lloyd's superb direction.
Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY is the classic tale of one of the most infamous adventures on the high seas. The story is based on the fictional accounts written by Charles Nortdhoff and James Norman Hall.... [More]
Starring: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin
Director: Frank Lloyd
Reviews for Mutiny on the Bounty
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07/25/08
There's nothing to stand in the way of Mutiny qualifying for box office dynamite rating.
02/19/08
Top CriticOh yeah--Laughton and Gable--pour me another one bartender.
11/20/07
The story is spellbinding, the acting lusty and the spectacle everything you could expect from a Golden Age MGM production -- though sometimes it's a bit too much on the monumental side.
12/13/06
It's tainted by a fair amount of middlebrow stuffiness, but it's a fleet piece of storytelling and serves to enshrine one of the great ham performances of all time, Charles Laughton's Captain Bligh.
12/12/06
Its theme of rebellion against that which binds us resonates today. Mutiny on the Bounty is well acted and well scripted.
10/10/06
The first and best of the three versions of the famous mutiny is a big budget MGM production, a stirring sea adventure praised at the time for its narrative pull, great acting of the three leads, and exotic locales--it was Clark Gable's favorite film.
07/27/06
True MGM classic with memorable Gable and Laughton. Fine production overall.
06/08/06
An exotic and gripping piece of Hollywood mythology, made with all the technical skill and gloss one associates with Irving Thalberg's MGM.
02/09/06
One of Hollywood's best achievements.
11/14/05
Not as good as it's rep.
12/21/04
Laughton & Gable! What a team!
07/16/04
It may not be history, but with Laughton out of control and Gable as the hero, who cares?
05/23/04
Historically accurate or not, the movie works as a seagoing adventure; and the performances by [Clark] Gable and Charles Laughton are terrific.
04/09/04
An exciting, perfectly executed production that features Gable at his most magnetic and Laughton at his most commanding.
02/04/04
It's an epic adventure that's still imitated today.
01/27/04
No review available.
08/22/03
Gable makes a great Fletcher Christian, in his last movie without a mustache. The emotions which cross his face as Bligh commits one indignity after another upon various crew members is great 1930s dramatic acting.
07/28/03
Epic stuff, beautifully cast, handsomely mounted and directed with passionate conviction.
05/24/03
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