Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Kirpianuscus Off course, Bogart has the first virtue for that. but not the only. because, more than an example of admirable performances, it is the film of nuances and atmosphere. result of fragile equilibrium between states , reactions, decisions , vulnerabilities and forms of solitude. and that does "The Caine Mutiny" different. maybe, special. as one of the most impressive and useful films about people and about the forms of self definition , in difficult circumstances, for define the solidarity and the pressure of appearences.

dweilermg-1 * Yet the real moral of the story is that an articulate disgruntled crew member (officer or enlisted) who is not happy with the commander can be detrimental to morale by convincing others to agree with him. Keefer uses Captain Queeg's ball-bearings as a sign of insanity when they were really just a harmless nervous habit no worse than Keefer's smoking cigarettes. The captain offered the young officers a chance to discuss their feelings of his command and offer suggestions but perhaps brainwashed by Keefer's psychobabble refused to do so. Unlike the previous easy-going skipper Queeg was a by the book man but that should have been accepted and respected. Has those officers supported and respected Queeg instead of heeding Keefer things would have worked out.

Skywaybound What's so great about this movie? Seriously. I don't get it. First, the love subplot is just wasting time. It adds NOTHING to anything related to a mutiny. I suppose it was considered necessary "character development." It's just plain annoying at its obvious contrivance.Bogie is way too old for the part.As for the mutiny itself. Well given the circumstances, and the fact that the captain was frozen with fear and stress, and incapable of making ANY decision at crunch time, it was really hardly any mutiny at all. Just a subordinate officer taking over for an incapacitated captain. The same as if old Bogie had just collapsed from a heart attack.And the end? The crew made to FEEL guilty because they hadn't made nice with the captain? Well anytime anyone dare questioned him, the captain accused them of insubordination and threatened arrest. So it makes absolutely ZERO sense.And the list goes on and on.....The entire film is an insult to the intelligence.

Jackson Schreiber The Caine Mutiny, while little remembered today, is a great example of how a stellar book can be adapted into a great movie. Featuring an excellent cast and an engaging story, all while looking visually spectacular, The Caine Mutiny is an underrated classic from the 1950's.The movie stars Robert Francis as Willie Keith, an ensign who is assigned tho the USS Caine. There, he meets Lieutenant Commander William De Vriess, Executive Officer Steve Maryk, and Communications Officer Tom Keefer. Shortly thereafter, De Vriess is replaced by the hard-nosed yet uneasy looking Captain Queeg. Keefer suspects the captain may be paranoid and is unsuitable to run the ship. Maryk becomes irritated by this suggestion, yet soon realizes it after Queeg orders everyone on the ship to search for a quart of frozen strawberries at 1 A.M. Maryk relieves Queeg of command during a storm, and is put in a court-martial.The film is well shot, especially the exterior of the ship during the storm, and the Technicolor works in favor of the film, providing a more beautiful setting to the film. The setting allows the viewer to be drawn in easily to the movie, its characters, its story, and is never dull, even in the prolonged court scene, always remaining interesting until the credits roll.Queeg is easily the most interesting character. Queeg seems to be a man who puts morale as a top priority, yet is shown to be mentally unbalanced and has showings of paranoia. Yet at the same time, he never truly loses his sanity, and retains enough of a normal attitude to look normal to outsiders.This is why the role works so well. There's such a fine line on his paranoia that he really could just be eccentric, and not paranoid. However, his breakdown while being cross-examined in the court proves his paranoia to be indeed true.An interesting parallel brought up at the end is how similar Keefer is to Queeg. Keefer is shown to be a coward, bringing up Queeg's paranoia, and yet doesn't act on it, reaping the benefits when Maryk is at the court-martial, and lies on the stand about Queeg's behavior, effectively proving he's as cowardly as Queeg is paranoid.The Caine Mutiny is an excellent film, and strangely, is largely forgotten. The only thing that even bogs down the movie slightly is the romance between Willie and May. Otherwise, the movie is a testament to film adaptations of books, and is a definite must-watch for any movie fan.