Shipwrecked

1990 [NORWEGIAN]

Action / Adventure / Family

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 68% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 3443 3.4K

ship island pirate sailor cabin boy 19th century

Plot summary

A young Norwegian boy in 1850s England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.

Director

Nils Gaup Photo
Nils Gaup

Top cast

Trond Peter Stamsø Munch Photo
Trond Peter Stamsø Munch as Jens
William Ilkley Photo
William Ilkley as Pirate
Louisa Milwood-Haigh Photo
Louisa Milwood-Haigh as Mary
Bjørn Sundquist Photo
Bjørn Sundquist as Mr. Håkonsen
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855.35 MB
1280*576
Norwegian 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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1.55 GB
1920*864
Norwegian 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by arthur_tafero 6 / 10

Better Than Average Family Film - Shipwrecked

The producers here tried to imitate The Black Stallion (without the horse) and Treasure Island (without the brutality and fear). The net result is a pleasant, if not too thrilling DIsney -type family film about living the fantasy of being shipwrecked. In real life, the protagonist would most likely have been drowned, or died from exposure and starvation. But this is Disney. Those things don't happen in Disney world. A pleasant family film for an hour or so.The movie holds up very well for the first forty minutes or so, and the introduction of the gorilla is interesting. But as my film school professor would have said; "you should never introduce an interesting character without some type of resolution for that character. It is like leaving a pot of boiling water on the stove without coming back to it." Much of the latter part of the film is just silly, and has no relation to reality, but we bear it because we want a happy ending. No, not that kind of happy ending; don't be disgusting.
Reviewed by r96sk 7 / 10

Narrowly enjoyable

Feels repetitive due to previous Disney films, but I still felt satisfied with 'Shipwrecked'.Nothing is particularly memorable about it, admittedly. The cast aren't all that, while the cinematography and editing isn't amazing. The dialogue is basic, as is the premise - which feels as if it has taken different parts from the studio's other work.Those include 'Treasure Island', 'Kidnapped', 'In Search of the Castaways' and 'Swiss Family Robinson'. The source material by Oluf Falck-Ytter is apparently inspired by some of the same things as those are, so I guess it's no surprise. Either way, I'm not convinced Disney needed to tackle this area once again.I will say, by the conclusion, I did feel content enough with the film; helped by the short run time, no doubt. Straightforward and a little plain, but narrowly enjoyable.
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