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Man Friday

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Shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe (Peter O'Toole) makes a native (Richard Roundtree) his slave, but gold and visitors change everything.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 10/23/2004
2/4
The movie talks itself out, trying to resolve its situation with words and yet never finding a dramatic way to handle it. Go to Full Review
Ruth Batchelor Los Angeles Free Press 11/21/2019
Robinson Crusoe has been done to death, and much better. Go to Full Review
Bernard Drew Gannett News Service 07/16/2019
Man Friday suffers by imposing 20th Century concepts and new wisdoms onto an old classic and by having only an occasional sense of humor. Go to Full Review
Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com 11/01/2008
3/5
Mediocre Robinson Crusoe-like tale starring O'Toole. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/24/2005
2/5
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice 01/18/2004
A fascinating screen interpretation of Daniel Defoe's classic story about the survival attempts of two men from very different cultures Go to Full Review
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Stephen C @bob25009 Oct 18 Success in 1 hour and 55 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 02/03/2012 This was well funny when I saw it when I was just a child. Need to see it again soon as. See more 03/15/2008 An alternate version of Robinson Crusoe which disappoints despite Richard Roundtree and Peter O'Toole. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe (Peter O'Toole) makes a native (Richard Roundtree) his slave, but gold and visitors change everything.
Director
Jack Gold
Rating
PG
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 55m
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