Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

This newer adaptation is charmless, unappealing, it lacks brio, energy and gusto, the desired Scottish accent sucks, Assante is no match for Finch, nothing recommended the director for the job of adapting a Scottish swashbuckler, the women, few as they are in Stevenson's chaste universe, are banal, yet the subject and the storyline are far too strong and the dynamism of the plot is delightful; my mother called it a Scottish 'Musketeers', a thorough swashbuckler. The action scenes are exciting and dynamic, the few duels are well shot. And it can be granted to dear Assante that he does a pretty good Stewart Breck. Some actors (such as the shipmen) are well—chosen, or at least the makeup did the job.Davie Balfour of Shaws steps into a world of murderers and bandits, dreadful hieroglyphs of evil. His story has been awesomely adapted for cinema some almost 50 yrs ago, as a movie with Finch.

Well, to start with, this version of kidnapped hasn't got much in common at all with the book.That being said, it is a masterpiece in its own right. Unlike most movies, this one is not made to gratify cravings for thrilling immature romance, gory fight scenes, or political ax-grinding.And it is not dull.What drives this movie is its content. The real running theme throughout the movie is what men give their lives for.It's odd, but it has the most peculiarly uplifting execution scene. Very strange.

This is an excellent movie in its own right and seems to be quite faithful to the book. There are elements of the movie that do not show up in RLS's Kidnapped, but there is a sequel, entitled David Balfour, which I have yet to read. I imagine that some of ragmop's complaints of inaccuracy may be answered by this book. My one suggestion would be for the viewer to do a little studying of the this period of Scottish history, as this will help make the movie flow better.As others have mentioned, this movie is made even better by the fact that it is even suitable for young children to watch. It would be nice if filmmakers followed this movie's example and made more action and adventure movies that are really safe for the entire family.

Excellent family entertainment with outstanding acting performances. Plenty of action and adventure complimented with beautiful scenery. What a joy to watch a film without graphic violence, language and sex! Highly recommended for the most critical movie viewer.