The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.
Mutiny on the Bounty has generally received positive reviews.
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By Bosley Crowther (448) for The New York Times (9,847) on 16 Feb 2004
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Mutiny on the Bounty was released in 1962 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 6 reviews, giving Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 70%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 53%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Mutiny on the Bounty than critics were.
With a score of 63%, Mutiny on the Bounty is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1962, which stands at 63%.
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