For a film that tries so hard to follow a 'mass appeal' format, The Bounty fails to consolidate properly each of the formula's ingredients to offer anything special or memorable to the audience it is so eager to capture.

| May 13, 2020

The Bounty ultimately tries to do too much ... it's a missed opportunity that needs trimming in some areas and extra time in others.

| Apr 23, 2019

While no match for the revered classic that earned the Best Picture Academy Award for 1935 (Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton), this is an intelligent retelling that relates the historic mutiny through an altered prism.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 8, 2015

An intelligent, firstrate, revisionist telling of the famous tale of Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh.

| Mar 26, 2009

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.

| Feb 9, 2006

Hopkins brilliant perfomance adds complexity to Captain Bligh, and this intense and intelligent historical adventure is the third and best film version of the famous mutiny.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 21, 2005

Solid remake of the classic tale.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 29, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 19, 2005

A great adventure, a lush romance, and a good movie.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 23, 2004

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.

| Aug 30, 2004

An intricate layered character study and colorful adventure saga.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 19, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 8, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 25, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 2, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 25, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 29, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 26, 2002

Star-power saves umpteenth adaptation.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2002

Despite its flaws, this is a film that looks great, includes a memorable Hopkins performance, and is well enough written to keep us thinking rather than latching onto stereotypes.

Full Review | Original Score: 78/100 | Jan 1, 2000