Mutiny on the Bounty 1935

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: 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. Read more

Andre Sennwald, New York Times: It is superlatively thrilling. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: 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. Read more

Kate Cameron, New York Daily News: 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. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A rousing adventure film set on the high seas. Read more

TIME Magazine: Despite the efforts of Producer Irving Thalberg, Director Frank Lloyd, three scenarists and $2,000,000 to give it balance, polish and direction, the picture lacks all three. Read more

Adrian Turner, Time Out: An exotic and gripping piece of Hollywood mythology, made with all the technical skill and gloss one associates with Irving Thalberg's MGM. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: There's nothing to stand in the way of Mutiny qualifying for box office dynamite rating. Read more