It's hard to imagine how the picture could be better as a rousing, humorous and gentle-hearted tale of family love amid primitive isolation and dangers.
Swiss Family Robinson
THE ADVENTURE OF ADVENTURES!
1960 · 2h 6m · G
Adventure, Family
Directed by
Ken Annakin
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Swiss Family Robinson
Overview
After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates.
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The Swiss Family Robinson, like most of Walt Disney's screen versions of the children's classics, is good Disney and bad culture.
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