Lord Jim (1965) | Rotten Tomatoes

Ken H Not bad, but I imagine bringing a Conrad novel to film is a daunting project. I think it might have gone better if it had been directed by John Huston. O'Toole, James Mason, Eli Wallach, and Lukas seemed to have a pretty good grasp of Conrad and how to perform it. James Mason was hysterical in his supporting role. But at times characters struggled with motivation for some of the dialogue and situations. I guess one would have read the novel cover to cover to understand what flaws may have come from the script. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/21/24 Full Review T R S Outstanding in the tradition of many of the golden Hollywood age classics. Four powerful actors; Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Curt Jurgens, and James Mason. Well written and performed, provides powerful insights and experiences of human morals and ethics, cynicism, dark and light humor, relationships and loyalties and honor. Great supporting actors from significant players to extras. It may be fiction, but views outstanding poverty, great causes, and unusual locations [Cambodia, etc.] and local scenery. /Very well done and most satisfying to watch for any moderately open mind. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/30/24 Full Review Audience Member Saw this movie a long time ago as a boy. I thought it was a great movie. Just saw it again recently and still think it is great. Eli Walach as the war lord was very impressive. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie Lord Jim has exotic location shots, but the script veers between the dark vision of human degradation in Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad's other most famous novella) and Peter O'Toole's masochistic suffering performance in Lawrence of Arabia. The dramatic tension in the film arises between the inner torment of the character of Lord Jim and the action sequences as the villains, who are reminiscent of the bandits in The Magnificent Seven (or its source Seven Samurai), attack the innocent villagers. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Director and writer Richard Brooks turns Joseph Conrad's fascinating investigation of guilt and survival into a turgid and interminable bore. With its uneasy combination of beautiful photography, choppy editing and zero interest in its central character's tortured psychology, it's left to the likes of James Mason's bearded Gentleman Brown and Eli Wallach as the other major villain to rescue this humourless epic from ccomplete inertia. Peter O'Toole reprises his foppish Lawrence, but without Robert Bolt's words and David Lean's direction he and we are lost in the jungle. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member In a decade known for great epics, this should have been great. But it had the wrong writer, director and is a total slog. Begs for a remake! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/07/19 Full Review Read all reviews

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