A decent adventure tale, dragged down by the lack of a compelling central character. I wish there'd been more of George Sanders. The color widescreen photography provides a few striking moments, but more often it's awash in dreary shades of brown. I also found the movie slightly confusing at times, as the relationships between some of the main characters were murky. Overall, it's passable as "brain off" entertainment, but not much more than that. Another disappointment from Lang's later career.

Dark and gloomy swashbuckling adventure

The trouble with this is that it's not exciting enough to be an enjoyable adventure film, but nor is the relationship between the man and boy explored enough to make it a character study of any great insight. Occasionally the story starts to head in an interesting direction, but then it just meanders off somewhere else leaving a lot of loose ends. Disappointing.

As a Technicolor-era studio period romp, Moonfleet ticks a good few boxes with a decent story, some rousing, noisy set pieces, and a bold, over-the-top approach to drama and conflict. However, the actors seem to be the let-down, most notably Stewart Granger who is stiff as a board and hasn't a clue what purpose his character is meant to serve. Also, the many filler scenes are weak in comparison to the big spectacles. It feels like a half-hearted effort from the twilight of Lang's career.

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Disgustingly bad.

632

Haunting ending, with a few atmospheric moments, but not finally successful.

701

A reasonably fun film with a pretty exciting classic adventure story, in the vein of say Treasure Island. It's too bad the acting is rather mediocre other than George Sanders and while the colors and costumes are attractive the visuals aren't as splendid as they should be. Still, there's duel with a halberd, a strong ending and short running time to entice you.