Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Absolutely the worst movie.

A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

I can't say that I was too impressed with this 1954 version of Robinson Crusoe. For most of the film the actor Dan O'Herlihy who plays Robinson Crusoe narrates his story to us the audience, what he plans to do to survive and how for many years on the island, his only companions are a cat and a dog.Eventually he has unwanted company on the island which are a dozen or so cannibals who plan to eat one of their own until Robinson Crusoe quietly assists the cannibal captor who literally runs for his life into the path of a gun toting Crusoe who takes care of the two (2) cannibals chasing what becomes Crusoe's new found friend that he calls by the name Friday.So Crusoe teaches Friday the English language and Friday learns quickly that Crusoe considers himself to be the alpha dog and temporarily shackles Friday in fear of his own life until their communication becomes clear that Friday has no intention of ever harming, nor leaving Crusoe, the man who saved his life from his fellow cannibals.Days, weeks, months, years and even decades pass by and Robinson Crusoe accepts his fate until one day the island is inhabited by some white sailors who appear to have their own prisoners they are dealing with on land, while their ship stands only hundreds of yards away from the shoreline. Once Crusoe determines who are the bad guys (mutiny) and who are the good guys Crusoe and Friday lend a helping hand in exchange for their freedom to set sail to the Americas. Will their plan work? Watch the film and find out yourself.I give the film a two thumbs up out of four.

Bunuel turns in a relatively straightforward adaptation of Daniel Defoe's novel. It's a handsomely mounted technicolor production produced during his Mexican exile period, but shot in English for consumption North of the border. Dan O'Herlihy (best known to modern audiences for "Robocop") stars (the producers wanted Orson Welles, but Bunuel rejected Welles in favour of O'Herlihy whom he saw playing McDuff in Welles's "Macbeth"). O'Herlihy does a fine job and received a Best Actor nomination for his work here. There are almost none of Bunuel's usual touches here ... though a case of kittens born through what appears to be immaculate conception and a Biblical debate between Robinson and Friday seem to gesture at his contempt for the Church.

It's been a very long time since I read Daniel Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe," so a good deal of the story matter in the movie seemed relatively fresh to me, although from what I do remember of it the movie is a pretty good adaptation of the novel. It revolves around the most obvious theme of loneliness, as Crusoe deals with life on this deserted island, with only a dog and a cat who also survived the shipwreck as his companions. As such, the movie has every now and then some spiritual reflections (not surprising, since Defoe himself was a Christian and a religious "dissenter") as Crusoe also finds himself having to make peace with God. For the most part all that was well portrayed by Daniel O'Herlihy, who for the majority of the movie is putting on a one man show.One thing that I thought was lacking in this, though (and it's a significant weakness) is any real sense of emotion. Much of the story of Crusoe's time alone on the island is told by a rather cold narration of Defoe's writing, and that basically matched the overall emotional feel of the movie. It was well filmed, and it did a decent enough job of portraying Crusoe's struggles and adjustments, but O'Herlihy never really drew me in to the character and never gave me any feel for him. To be perfectly honest, the only real sense of emotion I got from this revolved around Rex, the dog - his death and the last shots of the film. I admit that as Crusoe walked toward the boat that would finally rescue him I thought "aren't you even going to go to Rex's grave to say good bye?" So the last shot (of Crusoe looking back at the island from the boat and hearing Rex's bark) hit a bit of a nerve with me.Otherwise, it's a technically well made movie; just surprisingly lacking in real feeling. (5/10)

I've just seen this movie for the first time, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.I'm not yet familiar with any of this director's other works, but judging by some of the other reviews on here, I can happily say I've now got some other great films to look forward to seeing. (If I am able to find them, that is.)As for "Robinson Crusoe", I've never read the book, and I only knew the broad outline of the story. I didn't know exactly what to expect. The film just captivated me. From the desperate beginnings of our protagonist, through his darkest moments, his triumphal achievements and finally the thrilling climax, you can't help but absolutely live in the movie. I found it a most rewarding and heartwarming experience.A large part of the film details the relationship between Crusoe and Friday, which I think is very well done, and mentioned in greater detail by many other reviewers on here.However, special mention must surely go to a scene earlier in the film, where Crusoe's dog, Rex eventually dies of natural causes, due to the ravages of time.I thought this was handled very well, and I was personally moved to tears by it. It really did bring home the loneliness and despair felt by our hero, and how all things must come to an end. How desperately sad.Overall 10/10 from me, exquisite.