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One of my all time favorites.

A Masterpiece!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Come on, it's obviously made only for children. That's highly obvious. So complaining about it seems a little bit ... Nevertheless, the base is ok, but with just a little more effort they could have made it more believable. In just few points. Not more than that, and the film would've been just all right.

The plot is painfully unbelievable and slow. The actors are plastic. They look like they are on a trip to the LA zoo rather than being shipwrecked on a deserted island, chased by pirates. I don't mind the pirates being imbeciles. It adds a comic element. But this film takes it to new heights.The sound quality on the VHS version that we viewed was very poor. We missed some of the dialogue, but most of what we heard was not worth hearing. The scenery was beautiful and the house that they built was really cool, but it is not enough to help this film. Don't waste your time on this one. I can't believe that Disney and actors of this caliber could produce this garbage.

What starts out as a potentially interesting film falters before it hits the midway mark. The writers came up with an interesting premise to shipwreck the family, but as soon as they land on the island, it's like the writers didn't know what to do with the family members. In an effort to prolong the film, they add in scenes that slow down the film, such as showing son Shane Robinson surfing, daughter Elizabeth writing in a journal, or dad Jack being chased by a hungry panther.One could tell they were really running out of ideas when they introduced the character of Francoise, a flirty French-speaking Asian teenager who survived a plane wreck that killed her parents and left her alone for ten years. A cringe-inducing plot line that will have the viewer rolling his eyes, Francoise kidnaps Shane, ties him up, feeds him chewed-up food, tries to steal a peek at his member, and somehow manages to get Shane to fall madly in love with her based on the initial meeting alone. Francoise adds nothing to the story, except to prolong the misery of the film.The final escape from the island is too unrealistic to even comprehend, and leaves the viewer wondering where the last two hours of his life went.

I am in lack of words as to how amazed I am, that this movie exists..This movie contains very serious with pirates shooting and wild animals (sharks, panther, crocs, apes...), and in other times the movie changes to almost circus clown comedy. As a result it is nothing but a poor script with ridiculous comedy twists, and with so bad special effects and film editing tricks.To not be insulted by this movie at least a couple of times is impossible, unless you are very very young, or like very childish unthought movies.I am amazed I haven't changed the channel after one hour, but more amazed that it is being shown 20:00 on a Saturday.. this should be shown at 06:00 in the morning, when adults sleep...The orangutang is the worst part of this movie, please adults do not waste time on this, you will hit yourself..