Mutiny on the Bounty

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Mutiny on the Bounty

1962

2h 59m

Adventure

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On a sea voyage to transport breadfruit to Jamaica, English Captain Bligh (Trevor Howard) abuses his crew and officers enough to anger his 1st Lieutenant, Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando). When they reach their destination, tensions ease and the crew luxuriates in island life until Bligh claps several men in irons for trying to desert. On the trip home, further indignities inspire Christian to stage a mutiny and set Bligh and those loyal to him afloat in a row boat.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

Brando makes a total mess of his English accent, the romantic interlude in Tahiti goes on endlessly, and the visuals (perhaps the main point of interest in the movie) too often resort to travelogue vistas and picture postcard lighting.

Feb 9, 2006

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

...Marlon Brando makes Fletcher Christian an eccentric who dominates the entire dramatic scheme.

Rated: 3/5

May 9, 2005

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Hardly anyone was pleased with the results.

Jan 1, 2000

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Marlene Matouk

Tampa Bay Times

It's a gigantic, physical long movie... visually and emotionally enduring. Sign on for a spree, you won't be sorry.

Jan 13, 2021

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Clyde Gilmour

Maclean's Magazine

The panoramic color photography does ample justice to billowing sails, Tahitian scenery and gory violence afloat.

Oct 7, 2019

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Dwight MacDonald

Esquire Magazine

MGM spent some $20,000,000 on the film. They could have saved most of it and had a better picture by sticking to the Bligh-Christian conflict and omitting the Spectacular Clutter.

Aug 9, 2019

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Alec B

A bloated and meandering mess. Each sequence is barely hiding the numerous behind the scenes tensions. Most fixate on Brando's accent (its certainly a choice!) but few point out the multiple hard cuts to him mincing around in weird little outfits even when something serious is happening.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/01/25

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Gregory N

Brando ruins the whole idea.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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Connor S

Perhaps even better than the original, which says a lot. It's 50/50, but just as wonderful scenery, acting, and musical score all make you feel like you're on the shores of Tahiti 200+ years ago.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/03/24

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anthony m

Beautifully photgraphed with Brando in top form. Thoroughly engaging saga of the sea, the three hours sails by. The story pits a foppish first mate [Brando] against a sado-masochitic captain supported by the naval code of conduct of ship's officers and their captain. On a symbolic level, the BOUNTY is the world in which absolute authority can be so oppressive that even a well-bred gentleman and officer must fight violence with violence. SPOILER ALERT! the gentleman loses.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/29/24

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James B

Brando is a miscast, but the movie checks a lot of boxes.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/28/23

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t z

Adventure on the High Seas! Though it's not exactly Lawrence Of Arabia on the high seas it does capture the flavor of Tahiti in the same way Lawrence captures the flavor of the desert and the way most Epics of the 50s through the 70s do. Brando's Mister Christian isn't up to competing with O'Toole's Lawrence, but it is a perfectly adequate foil to Trevor Howard's Bligh. I enjoy it for the 60s Epic it is. Just as I enjoy the 1935 version for what it is and the 1985's The Bounty for what it is. Beautiful shots of Tahiti, a great soundtrack and Howard and Brando chewing up the scenery with over the top performances. Makes me laugh like King Hitihiti!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

On a sea voyage to transport breadfruit to Jamaica, English Captain Bligh (Trevor Howard) abuses his crew and officers enough to anger his 1st Lieutenant, Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando). When they reach their destination, tensions ease and the crew luxuriates in island life until Bligh claps several men in irons for trying to desert. On the trip home, further indignities inspire Christian to stage a mutiny and set Bligh and those loyal to him afloat in a row boat.

Director: Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed
Producer: Aaron Rosenberg
Screenwriter: Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall, Charles Lederer, Eric Ambler, Ben Hecht
Distributor: MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 8, 1962, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 2h 59m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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