Fresh
An intelligent, firstrate, revisionist telling of the famous tale of Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Bounty
After 200 years, the truth behind the legend.
1984 · 2h 12m · PG
Action, Drama, History
Directed by
Roger Donaldson
Overview
An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find tropical paradise and unlimited sex.
Director and cast
- Roger Donaldson Director
- Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian
- Anthony Hopkins as Lieutenant William Bligh
- Daniel Day-Lewis as John Fryer
- Bernard Hill as William Cole
- Phil Davis as Edward Young
- Liam Neeson as Charles Churchill
- Wi Kuki Kaa as King Tynah
- Tevaite Vernette as Mauatua
- Laurence Olivier as Admiral Hood
- Edward Fox Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's all a brave try, though Gibson is perhaps not up to the demands of a Christian's progress from naive rating to self-loathing exile, and Donaldson's direction often verges on the stolid.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
A great adventure, a lush romance, and a good movie.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
On the basis of three films, it is now possible to say that the Pacific Ocean is not Dino De Laurentiis's cup of tea.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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