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| Warner Bros. | Release Date: March 30, 1984 |
Starring:
Andie MacDowell, Cheryl Campbell, Christopher Lambert, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Davenport, Paul Geoffrey, Ralph Richardson
Summary:
A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.
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Greystoke is entertaining, intelligent, even touching in its broad-scale treatment of a story that has always provided common ground for children and grown-ups. The main problem with this movie is that it's too short. [26 Mar 1984, p.74]
Greystoke has its many pleasures, and despite its bobtailing at the hands of the bottom-line-watchers, it has the sweep of epic. [30 Mar 1984, p.D1]
Innovative, lavish and lacking. [30 Mar 1984, p.D1]
Despite all the talent, form triumphs over substance. Director Hugh (Chariots of Fire) Hudson clutches, and climactic scenes miss their mark. Greystoke is curious entertainment, less satisfying than Planet of the Apes, which begs the same question: noble savage or naked ape? [30 Mar 1984, p.21]
In the film's second half, Hudson twists the story into knots in order to deliver his "statement" that apes are more civilized than people; the movie simply loses its mind, and dribbles to a pathetically indecisive conclusion.
Jun 26, 2020
Nice photography, the first role for Christopher Lambert, who blew up after this in Highlander. nice costumes, the idea of Tarzan struggling to adjust is good. Ian Holm is the best actor in the movie. This movie died for me at the halfway mark when he growled and it was a lion dubbed in.
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