Swiss Family Robinson
(1960)
Directed by Ken
Annakin this film based on the novel of the same name stars John
Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur and Janet Munro. After the
ship they are travelling on sinks thanks to pirates a family makes a
new life on a desert island.
Obviously this is an
old film based on an even older book so some of the attitudes are a
little suspect but not so bad as to ruin the film. There are changes
between the book and the film, largely to introduce more action
rather than give any depth but this film will probably appeal only to
younger children. What does take you out of the film are some of the
odd choices of animals for the island (tigers and zebras in the same
place) and odd choices about which violence is sanitized and which is
not.
2/5
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