Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Best movie ever!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Movie is conventional when as an adventure it should be free-spirited. Where's the adventure in trying to replicate the society and conditions of the place you are escaping from? Movie has dated but it was going out-of-date even when it was made. Animals are extraordinary but there is no attempt to include them in the film plot beyond their being objects for fear or fun. Women are side-lined and are mostly in irritatingly negative and morally "sensible" roles. Music is over-used to death!

Swiss Family Robinson is a good movie with a well written storyline and a good cast.The film has certainly aged but it still holds up pretty well as a family film,it has a lot of fun adventure,however there is little to no humour in this.My biggest problem with this movie was for a long period they started focusing on Fritz and Ernst Robinson,which I didn't like because they just weren't very professional actors and I didn't find their characters as likable as Father and Mother Robinson,although it was of course a good decision to go beyond the island.Its not an outstanding piece of filmmaking,but Swiss Family Robinson is enjoyable and I would recommend it as an easy to watch family film.After a family get shipwrecked on a tropical island they begin to live an idyllic life,until a group of pirates show up.Best Performance: John Mills Worst Performance: Tommy Kirk

There are some films made for children (or, more correctly, featuring children) that have lasted and retain their appeal, such as 'Whistle Down the Wind' or 'The Railway Children'. The 1960 production 'Swiss Family Robinson' was pitched at eight year olds then but is unlikely to satisfy a modern-day eight-year-old. Certainly it should be avoided by any 1960-era eight year old (now 60 year old) tempted to believe the charm can be conjured a second time. In the hands of an imaginative director, the story has elements that might have been made into something lasting. Nothing about this production, however, suggests those involved felt conviction for what they are doing. It looks, sadly, like a cash register in celluloid.

Walt Disney's "Swiss Family Robinson" - resourceful father John Mills, seamstress mother Dorothy McGuire, cute Tommy Kirk (as Ernst), dreamy James MacArthur (as Fritz), and irritable Kevin Corcoran (as Francis) - are shipwrecked after a pirate attack. They take up residence on an idyllic island paradise, but encounter some dangerous animals. The heart of the story has the older sons leaving the homestead to rescue pretty Janet Munro (as Roberta), disguised as a boy, from pirate Sessue Hayakawa (as Kuala).Director of photography Harry Waxman, production designer John Howell, and their crew are award-worthy.Mr. Kirk and Mr. MacArthur play their arousal well, going from brothers discussing girls, to rivals for Ms. Munro's attentions. In a fun scene, they strip to their waists (Disney wasn't able airbrush out male nipples or navels, apparently) and encourage Munro to do the same; when her hat falls off, they realize she's "a girl!" The most ludicrous scene involves Ms. McGuire being introduced to the extraordinary tree house architected by Mr. Mills; acting like she hadn't noticed it before, she complains about the curtains.******* Swiss Family Robinson (12/10/60) Ken Annakin ~ James MacArthur, Tommy Kirk, John Mills, Janet Munro