As a movie on its own it is ok, not great, but the bits of the original story that remain make it maybe worth a watch. As an adaptation of the book, it is extremely frustrating! The children are all unpleasant to each other in ways that have been artificially added into the story. The only ones who feel right are Titty(Tatty) and Peggy(my favorite in this film) and maybe Nancy because she is supposed to feel a little unpleasant at first. From the beginning John is irresponsible, blames others for things all the time, and leaves the others out several times in an uncharacteristic way. Susan, then, acts like she has had this John for an older brother all her life rather than the one in the book. She isn’t quite as bad but is part of the same problem. Roger is a little too babyish and incompetent and doesn’t add much of the joy that he brought in the book. And the biggest thing that I missed (having just read this book with a child for her first time and my first in a while) was the way that all of them including John, Susan, the Amazons, Captain Flint, and even their mother (who also adds to the unpleasantness here with her tendency to scold) were always committing to the bit! They were always yes-anding each other in the book, and that kind of thing gets shut down or dismissed when it comes up in this movie. The only ones who do this here are Captain Flint and the charcoal burners, but it feels out of place or awkward because it isn’t backed up! All this is setting aside the new plot around Captain Flint, which feels cartoonish and like it is hijacking the story rather than adding anything to it. It seems that the critics who rated this movie hadn’t read the book and just expected less of it and that is why it is rated so high. The audience score is telling. I hope people who haven’t read the books enjoy this movie and read them because of it, but as for me I think I won’t watch it again. Maybe I can find a way to watch the older movie somewhere because the trailer for that one looked more faithful.

I enjoyed this film - its a good bit of family friendly escapism. It features some nice shots of the Lake District, where its set and I liked the ocassional drawings showing the area surrounding the island its mostly set on, by the children. The plot pace is a bit slow but it didn't bore me and there were a few aspects of the plot that surprised me. It certainly isn't violent or anything, so as I say its a decent family watch and if your a fan of the Lake District, then I'd happily recommend this.

I loved this show. Great family movie :)

A pale imitation of the book. Not the best film version.

Saw it for the first time on tv yesterday, awful, never want to see it again. Loved the books, loved the 1973 version. A.R. will be spinning in his hammock. Your top critic reviewers must have been paid to say what they did or have no taste or understanding of the original story. Thanks to Mr. Ransome I DID mean to go to sea!

What a shocker of a film. Dancing loosely around the material of original book - which worked perfectly well for generations of avid Ransome fans - these woefully miscast kids bicker woodenly through this clumsily 'enhanced ' plot. What a mess

Interesting cinematography but terrible plot. They've taken a much-loved book and changed some of the characters and their behaviours to fit in with modern identity politics rubbish, and added a ridiculous spy subplot. If you want a film with the charm of the book, buy the 1973 version which is really very good and leave this charmless pile on the shelf.

Beautiful filming locations. It was nice seeing Rafe Spall in something other than the brilliant 온라인카지노추천 show, Roadies. If I were 7 years old then I think I'd have put my rating up by half a star; Young children may get more out of this film than adults. The plot of this film was so bland it felt painful. I was tempted to stop watching at two stages. The children seemed soulless most of the time. The only times they acted in a believable way was when they were being really nasty to each other. In the children I didn't identify the sense of freedom and happiness I know I'd have experienced if I were a child on that boat. There were several opportunities for the children to get themselves or one-another out of trouble by being honest. Instead, they kept quiet about important information and their mother responded in an unlikely way. They were irresponsible on numerous occasions and I find the idea of a parent allowing young children to sail across a huge lake and to sleep alone on an island fairly unlikely and irresponsible. The espionage element to the film was indeed the most interesting part of the story but felt very rushed towards the end. The film was too slow and some of the children's acting wasn't great and then *spoiler* when the Amazons and Swallows become the best of friends and the Amazons never scheme against the Swallows again it's even less believable because of the sudden character shift. It wasn't really a terrible film but I wish I'd watched something enjoyable instead.

Beautiful filming locations. It was nice seeing Rafe Spall in something other than the brilliant 온라인카지노추천 show, Roadies. If I were 7 years old then I think I'd have put my rating up by half a star; Young children may get more out of this film than adults. The plot of this film was so bland it felt painful. I was tempted to stop watching at two stages. The children seemed soulless most of the time. The only times they acted in a believable way was when they were being really nasty to each other. In the children I didn't identify the sense of freedom and happiness I know I'd have experienced if I were a child on that boat. There were several opportunities for the children to get themselves or one-another out of trouble by being honest. Instead, they kept quiet about important information and their mother responded in an unlikely way. They were irresponsible on numerous occasions and I find the idea of a parent allowing young children to sail across a huge lake and to sleep alone on an island fairly unlikely and irresponsible. The espionage element to the film was indeed the most interesting part of the story but felt very rushed towards the end. The film was too slow and some of the children's acting wasn't great and then *spoiler* when the Amazons and Swallows become the best of friends and the Amazons never scheme against the Swallows again it's even less believable because of the sudden character shift. It wasn't really a terrible film but I wish I'd watched something enjoyable instead.

As clunky as the movie can feel, there's a winning toughness to its unsentimental view of childhood and its nostalgia for a pre-digital age.

I'll give you just one just example of the differences between the 1973 and 2016 version of this movie. In 1973 the amazons played a trick on a beloved uncle by putting a firecracker on his boat and sailing quietly away to voice their displeasure about being ignored. (maybe not the nicest thing) In 2016 a young man is egged on by his sister to break a window with a rock on some old boat. As if that makes it alright, especially as it is discovered later that the Uncle is now an overly rude spy who would grab a young child from a family they have never met in a train compartment and threaten them with bodily harm in a moment of self preservation. Churchill must be doing backflips in his grave, to think he and a thousand pilots defended the British Isles against Socialist Fascism, only to have their progeny betray them by allowing the culture to reach it's current degraded state. It needs to be said, I don't know what is more disturbing, this movie or some of the critics here who have reviewed it that practically are screaming, it needed more sex and violence in it. You animals are a mirror on what society has become, minus the cultural suicide by immigration. I hope I am long gone when my children can show their children the Swallows and Amazons 2050 version, where all the british children are wearing burquas, Titty gets the privilege of genital mutilation, the boy Rodger gets a suicide vest, John has a coming out party, and the Amazons are really, oh never mind. I'll say one more thing, you know, Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange was supposed to be a warning about what culture could become, this movie proves that like the Scum Animals that run Hollywood, England too has declared war on all that is decent, and is using A Clockwork Orange not as a cautionary tale, but a full blown template for what they want society to become. It just proves the theory that Big media is using the telly and movies to inject poison into the minds of our children. For awhile tonight I was disappointed that I spent five bucks at a convenience store for this new version of a classic movie. But at the end of the night, yes, I think I'm actually happy that my children were able to watch these two movies one after another, their most telling comment? "The children in the 2016 movie weren't nice", and they did many "duffer" things, my young son added, "but the 1973 children weren't perfect either." So tonight I'm going to bed happy that at least in my family, so far, I am holding the line against the onslaught of the evil hordes peddling cultural poison to our children. So let's see, what else to say? Well, I think we have really reached a point where the media we produce needs to show people how they SHOULD act instead of glorifying the worst we have become. Of course, this depends greatly on the value system of the producers. So how are Hollywood values working out for us? You can answer that yourself. I guess I'll say one more thing, except for that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? Well, if I take the movie on it's own, based on everything else available today? OK, 4 stars, but side by side with the 1973 version? It just shows the distance we have fallen.

enjoyable family story based on children's novel

This is a good movie for little kids and families. I didn't really like it since it was like escape to witch mountain or one of those movies with kids on an adventure trying to figure out the mystery in the adult world that was dumb if you look at it from a realistic point of view (goonies-ish). Not as good as the goonies in my mind (which is why this movie is for smaller kids).

Well filmed, well acted, but, unfortunately a travesty of this classical children's story. Why do film makers seem to think they can write a better version of this story, one that has stood the test of time. They have ruined a great classic.

Good movie, my husband loves it.

Nostalgic adventure suitably updated.

The battle for an island. This is a perfect summer film for the families that produced by the BBC. Based on the children's book of the same name. Frankly, I haven't seen the television nor the film adaptation of this. It looked very fresh to me, so I enjoyed it thoroughly. I'm a big fan of children's films and this one reminded my childhood vacation in the grandparents' rural. Surely everybody, I mean most of us had this kind of adventure, sometimes that ended very seriously. This is mainly about a group of children and their summer adventure, especially sailing in a large lake and exploring an uninhabited island of it. Mrs Walker brings her four children to their grandparents' house in a small English village. The bored kids decide to go sailing on the lake nearby where their father promised to take them one day, but now he's out in the sea far away on the job. Somehow they manage to get permission from the elders and so their adventure begins. They arrive on the island and claim it. But another group who already claimed it challenges them. So their rivalry begins which leads to some great adventures, day and night. How things going to work between them is told in the remaining. Though there are more that takes place alternatively, like the real spy-game of the grown- ups. How these two stories going to meet was revealed with a decent twist. But the thriller parts were compromised since the film is aimed for the little ones. "I hereby name it Walker Island and claim it for our own." Great quality, loved the production. The locations were awesome. Initially I thought this will going to take place in the real Amazon, Brasil, but still I'm satisfied with it. I don't know who is this director, but a well done job. I also don't know whether the story is from the book or just the characters, but expecting a sequel and if possible a film series. I'm not expecting the whole 12 books to be made into films, thought at least a trilogy, since it's a live-action and the kids would grow up fast, they have to hurry up like they did for 'Harry Potter' film series. The story takes place in the summer 1935 and its atmospheres, especially the addition of the spy thing was a smart move as those times were tensed with the early stage of the World War II. Its stretch also gives the adults a reason to watch the film, but sadly that sub-plot was under-used. Anyway, I recommend it to all, since it falls into PG. But there was a scene when the kids decided to go find the source of the fire they saw afar, that part was so edgy. Like that, there are a few more which creates uneasy in the perspective of kids. Overall the film looks like a non-magical version of Narnia with four siblings and their exploration turned into an unplanned adventure. Yep, it's not summer yet, off the season, but still I loved it. This is one of the first films to I watch in the 2017, but definitely first children's film. On so many levels, it was a very good film, particularly if you haven't seen the other versions like me and a kid's film fan, you will have a good time. But for the families, as I said earlier, it is not to be missed. It got mixed to positive response from both the film critics and the movie goers, but personally I think it's much better than what they have said. So go for it... 7/10

I really liked this movie, right up until the point where John is accused of theft when Turner disappears. So entirely unbelievable that his mother would turn against him and that neither Tatty or Roger would speak up to tell what they know, when in every other situation, they can't keep quiet. And what Roger ends up saying at that point is so unlikely and out of character lol. So, I'd have to say the writers blew it. The characters at that point went completely out of character (not that there weren't a few mess ups earlier on, but I found those forgiveable). Here, the mom became an idiot, for condemning her son out of hand and not knowing her son well enough, who had not been portrayed as dishonest in the serious way they suddenly forced on the character. And, intelligent parents can usually tell when their kids are lying. And Roger would have said something about the knife. Duh. Geez. It's so sad the writers couldn't have put just a little more effort into writing the script, so it wasn't so damned clunky and contrived there. I don't think it would have been so hard. Anyway, that fitting a square peg into a round hole there made me stop watching it. It just all became completely unbelievable, with people who weren't acting as people do or would.

Reasonable but not spectactual - Katie liked it

i really enjoy this at the cinema. On the small screen it loses a lot. I had expected to be annoyed by the changes to the plot but this was not a problem. I felt the real enjoyment of sailing embodied in the film. On the small screen the lake district scenery loses something.