The Great Train Robbery

Okay . . . but not very well directed. This should be a very exciting film, but it isn't.

Some scenes, such as the robbery itself, are thrilling in their own way. However, most of Chrichton's direction is as bland and poorly fine-tuned as the script. Sutherland and Connery give a certain charm to their drab roles. Most of the comedy feels terribly forced.

A fun and surprisingly lighthearted heist film. The direction was decent but not really noteworthy. Overall the acting was good in a slightly over-the-top kind of way. Donald Sutherland was the weakest link here.

Goes through the motions of the book but lacks excitement or real tension. Connery & Sutherland make the most of their poorly defined characters.

The Great Train Robbery is based on director's Michael Crichton's novel which is based on a real train robbery. The real thieves had a easier time stealing the gold than the characters in the film do. This Victorian caper film is lots of fun to watch.

Rather anemic with a standout train sequence. Sets and costumes are pretty generic. There's some pretty good shots scattered throughout but Crichton's direction is definitely the weakest link. Performances are listless and utilitarian. I will never not find thinly veiled sexual innuendo in period pieces hilarious though, no matter how ridiculous it is.

Caper! Quite good, nice costumes, sets. Bawdy in an odd way sometimes. 50-mile-high-club, quite a good joke. Sutherland slightly miscast.

ger; [Der erste große Eisenbahnraub; The Great Train Robbery]; im alten england möchte ein meister der unterwelt das gold aus einem fahrenden zug stehlen - was bis dahin unmöglich scheint.;

Not bad.

This film drags in parts part it is worth watching for the train robbery in the final part of the movie. Sean Connery is very good in the stunts on the train. Overall I would recommend this film.

70.875

good cast, some of the most hilarious scenes of innuendo you will ever see and they're all over the film. crichton's attention to detail in his writing carries over into a very well-realized period piece. the top of the train bit was unexpectedly super thrilling.

I think Donald Sutherland is almost as terrible as he was in Kelly's Heroes.

Brilliantly detailed portrayal of 19th century London - slow-moving, well-done but not particularly original heist plot in a comedy that's not all that funny.

Prime Conners absolutely wasted in a mediocre Victorian Sting with awkward unfunny humor, a mumbly miscast Donald Sutherland and an absolutely abysmal shite ending that turned the preceding mediocrity into a fuck you for watching.

If "Entrapment" had a legitimate parent, it's this movie.

Writing and directing The Great Train Robbery, Michael Crichton took much license with the facts of the story's basis, mostly to incorporate a tone of sardonic humor and mean-spirited mustachioed grinning. Sir Sean Connery has always been a great light comedian, having played Bond as a discreetly comic character. That's probably why Lazenby and Moore never totally matched him: They played 007 too orthodox. In Connery's charismatic oeuvre, master safecracker Edward Pierce is no exception.

A thoroughly enjoyable heist movie, with naught a wasted scene in its entirety. The con jobs, building up to and including the big heist are wonderfully detailed and have a charm that only the technologically-simple Victorian era in which the movie is set can provide, while the cinematography, with its glossy sort of glow, gives the set a warm, nostalgic feel. Add a delightful soundtrack and engaging performances from Connery and Sutherland to this set-up and you have a really fun film.