Lack of good storyline.

disgusting, overrated, pointless

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

My grandfather told me he did not see this film at a younger age when it came out because it would be stupid. Probably a musical with dumb songs and just a fleeting glance at old stars that no one cared about any more. Then I saw it recently and it is none of the above. Perhaps it"s because I am older now and love to watch old movies on TCM.. I mean back to the 20's through the fifties---and on---and I know most of these actors in cameo appearances.I am sure a Millenial would think a movie from the 80's to be very old, and a Gen Xer a movie from the 60's or 70's the same. And this is being generous. Perhaps also I discovered that I love David Niven as an actor. It was this movie that got me to appreciate him. I bought his autobiography and a biography on him as a result. Now onto the film itself. I thought Contanflas would simply be clownish in his acting, but he played his comedy straight. He was excellent. I agree that Shirley McClain was a poor choice as a Princess from India. This was ridiculous. But she did not ruin the movie. She was perhaps a 1/2 star off the rating tho. She was just wrong for the part. Now as to the story. It was a joy to see that there was an Intermission. Films now have no Intermissions even if they are 3 hours long. It is great that TCM shows the entire movie unaltered. So I ask you to look at it as a iight comedy with excellent acting and I think you will enjoy it. It is extremely colorful and yes, should be seen in widescreen. It is funny, my grandfather recalled, that when he was a boy it cost $2000 or more to fly from Chicago to Los Angeles. Today, this flight could cost 100 bucks! Therefore more people of the 50's would have been more interested in seeing the actual scenes from around the globe than this generation. This was mentioned by another reviewer. Still, it is a Jules Verne book. It is a futuristic book and must be approached as such. We do so with other books/movies such as 1984, released in 1949, and ATWIn80Days was released in 1873 and is set in 1872. I have deducted 1/2 star for Shirley McClain, who I otherwise think is a fine actress, and 1/2 point for the travel scenes which do tend to elongate the movie and not enhance the plot. But I don't think that is a big deal overall. Great Film!

Just watched this film for 1st time on the BBC. Just wondered if the Back to the future films were based in some way to this film. David Niven reminds me a bit of the professor in Back to future and of course the references to Jules Verne? I would like other peoples opinion. Thank you.com

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS will always be special to me because it was the only film that I watched alone with my beloved paternal grandfather, back in Lourenço Marques, Moçambique, in 1970. Of course, one can find flaws with the structure, Cantinflas' excessive flamboyance, and holes in the story's credibility, but that detracts from the immense pleasure, and ultimately the rather solid product that this film turns out to be, with wonderful comic touches and photography, and cameos by major stars of the day generously sprinkled all over the film. A 60th anniversary edition has come out in DVD and BlueRay with excellent extra material, including a voice over commentary that is a joy to listen to, offering detailed information about members of the cast, production difficulties, etc. David Niven's deadpan performance provides a clever counterweight to Cantinflas' overplayed antics. I have now watched this film at least 5 times, and all I can say is that I continue to enjoy it... very much!

This was movie making at it's best. Unlike the movies of today. Fine Acting, Photography, Costumes, Filming, Script and especially the who's who in the movie world doing their cameos. In my view the finest performance came from Robert Newton, who in my view stole the picture. It was reminiscent of his performance as Long John Silver in Treasure Island. Just as devious. Young children of today enjoy this version, even though they have been brought up on the Jackie Chan version, which is far inferior. David Niven himself stated that this was his favorite film and i can see why. I would also imagine that the participants all had a great time.A true masterpiece.