Rotten
Now there's nothing wrong with uplift, except that exhortations customarily are banal. That is, the end is nearly destroyed by the means.
Variety Staff, Variety
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Everyone's Book Is Now Everyone's Motion Picture
1973 · 1h 39m · G
Drama, Family
Directed by
Hall Bartlett
Overview
Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in a quest for wisdom.
Director and cast
- Hall Bartlett Director
- James Franciscus as Jonathan Livingston Seagull (voice)
- Juliet Mills as Marina (voice)
- Philip Ahn as Chang (voice)
- David Ladd as Fletcher Lynd Seagull (voice)
- Dorothy McGuire as Mother (voice)
- Richard Crenna as Father (voice)
- Kelly Harmon as Kimmy (voice)
- Hal Holbrook as Elder (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
11%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This has got to be the biggest pseudocultural, would-be metaphysical ripoff of the year.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Richard Bach's best-selling parable for freshmen becomes on screen a very spelled-out allegory, complete with flat voice-overs and pretentious Neil Diamond soundtrack.
Time Out
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