The Caine Mutiny
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: June 24, 1954 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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6
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2
Negative:
0
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88
Chicago TribuneEd Hulse
Director Edward Dmytryk, working from a top-notch script adapted from Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, makes Bogie's gradual breakdown under relentless cross-examination from defense lawyer Jose Ferrer a superb example of screen melodrama. [21 Nov 1986, p.92]
80
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Complex, atypical Bogie performance is keynote for strong drama from Pulitzer-winning novel and Broadway show. Read full review
80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
The Caine Mutiny is highly recommendable motion picture drama, told on the screen as forcefully as it was in the Herman Wouk best-selling novel. The intelligently adapted screenplay retains all the essence of the novel. Read full review
80
EmpireKim Newman
Still gripping after all this time. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
The Caine Mutiny, though somewhat garbled, is a vibrant film. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineJeremiah Kipp
The Caine Mutiny is not distinctive filmmaking or storytelling, and its idea of ethical debate is relying on familiar archetypes and arguments. It sure is standard, though. It’s like the well-constructed house that’s not meant to be distinctive, but was made to endure. Read full review
50
Time Out
Bogie's considerable charisma is visibly weakened by his tired appearance, and the strong cast is never really allowed full rein by Dmytryk, whose abiding concern that fair play be seen to be done, with regard to all the characters' various motivations, makes for a stodgily liberal courtroom drama.
40
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Despite a few flashes of talent in the 40s, Edward Dmytryk had descended to hack status by the time he filmed this 1954 version of Herman Wouk's novel, and his ham-fisted direction does little to alleviate the obviousness of the drama and the thinness of the characterizations. Read full review
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