Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on avenging his captors.
An exotic and gripping piece of Hollywood mythology, made with all the technical skill and gloss one associates with Irving Thalberg's MGM.
– Adrian Turner,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
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.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
12 Dec 2006
fresh:
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.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Dec 2006
fresh:
There's nothing to stand in the way of Mutiny qualifying for box office dynamite rating.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
19 Feb 2008
fresh:
The case of the crew against the insane cruelty and avariciousness of Capt. Bligh is so powerfully presented that the injustice done to the men gets under one's skin to stir up a variety of emotion.