The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

2023

Drama / War

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 75% · 57 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 6109 6.1K

mutiny navy based on play or musical naval officer trial court martial

Plot summary

Barney Greenwald, a skeptical lawyer, reluctantly defends an officer of the navy who took control of the Caine from its captain, Lt. Philip Francis Queeg, while caught in a violent sea storm. As the court-martial proceeds, however, Greenwald increasingly questions if it was truly a mutiny or rather the courageous acts of a group of sailors who could not trust their unstable leader.

Director

William Friedkin Photo
William Friedkin

Top cast

Kiefer Sutherland Photo
Kiefer Sutherland as Lieutenant Commander Phillip Queeg
Stephanie Erb Photo
Stephanie Erb as Rear Admiral Lucille Stutz
Dale Dye Photo
Dale Dye as Vice Admiral R.T. Dewey
Jake Lacy Photo
Jake Lacy as Lieutenant Stephen Maryk
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1 hr 48 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by bobby-91782 7 / 10

Very Watchable, But Should Be a Stage Play

I love the echoey, stark sound of the set....masterful. It shows how these things actually are on occasion. As a former military officer who sat on two courts martial, one was held in a small office, one was held in an actual courtroom that echoed eerily like this set.It was refreshingly taut, and my gut was taut as well during the entire production.....bravo on that point. When these types of proceedings occur, people's lives are irretrievably altered...whether for good or ill.And the lack of music was awesome! Real life has no soundtrack......I thought the lighting was accurate, and the whole atmosphere felt like something large was going to happen....whether that was going to be good...or bad....we don't know....As a lawyer, I was pleased that the objections and decisions by the court were pretty accurate.Final verdict? We could all benefit from more productions in this sphere...well done.
Reviewed by martinhiltmann 6 / 10

Not even close to "The Caine Mutiny" from 1954

Kiefer Sutherland's not-bad-at-all performance impressively demonstrates the unsurpassed genius of Humphrey Bogart's original, even when (as usual) the rest of the cast can't keep up with him.Everything can been seen better in other movies.Queeg in the 1954 film.The breaking of the witness in "A Few Good Man".Kiefer Sutherlands performance in so many of his other films.Also Lance Reddick has done better in many other films.The whole film lacks density and intensity, the court hearing babbles along, routinely boring like the 90s series JAG.Not Friedkins best movie by far, sorry to say.
Reviewed by finboro 7 / 10

Impressive, more ambiguous take on classic story

I liked this movie, not as much as the 1950's version starring Humphrey Bogart or the original Herman Wouk novel, but I liked it.Yes, this version is brought forward out of the WWII genre to 'present day', and yes, that pulls a little wind out of its sails, but it is also more 'iffy' on the occurrences and situations which means the viewer has more responsibility or chance to agree or disagree with what happened, i.e., was it a mutiny or a lawful act?In the original movie, Bogart was shown to be pretty much off his rocker or at least sliding down the slope to being unhinged, but Kiefer Sutherland in this movie does not show much of that behavior which is why I say the viewer is left with the decision.Yes, the ending could have been lengthened and strengthened a bit to really let the viewer know, but then again, here we have a Captain that does some outlandish things but was that enough to justify a mutiny? You have to really decide the verdict.The actors were all pretty good in the film, Maryk was good as a po'd "I was right" type guy (that really fits in with the way people are these days), Queeg was more "I been doing my job for 20 years and have never had a complaint and by goodness I am the captain and I am the one who decides what goes on in my ship, this ain't no democracy", Greenwald was a bit sleazy or at least took that approach to a difficult case, the prosecutor was one of those "you violated the code of conduct and by goodness you are going to pay for it" zealots which was perhaps a bit too strong, the ordinary seaman was actually pretty sublime by showing how nervous he was, and the Chief Judge was very strong in his portrayal.Some people may have problems with the way The Navy is portrayed in this film in that they don't understand that as the captain of a US Navy vessel, one is completely and ultimately responsible for every little thing that happens on or to that boat, good or bad, and that as a result, discipline, rank, and orders must be maintained otherwise the captain effectively becomes meaningless and we're at "who votes for sailing to Italy for some spaghetti and who votes for cruising to Greece for some souvlakia?"...
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