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=== Critical response === The film was generally well received by critics, with general praise for the film's realism and historical accuracy as well as Hopkins' performance. On the [[Review aggregator|aggregate]] site [[Rotten Tomatoes]] it has received a 74% rating from 19 critical reviews with an average rating of 6.28/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Thanks in large part to its cast, and Anthony Hopkins in particular, ''The Bounty's'' retelling of the mutiny on HMS Bounty is an intelligent, engaging adventure saga."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1002947-bounty/|title=Rotten Tomatoes, ''The Bounty''|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=2013-04-11}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film four stars out of four, stating, "this ''Bounty'' is not only a wonderful movie, high-spirited and intelligent, but something of a production triumph as well."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19840101/REVIEWS/401010315/1023|work=Chicago Sun-Times|title=The Bounty}}</ref> However, others were disappointed with the film, especially given its distinguished cast. Many critics singled out Gibson's performance as bland, particularly when compared to the performances given by [[Clark Gable]] and [[Marlon Brando]] in two earlier adaptations. [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' stated, "Both Bligh and Christian are unfinished characters in a screenplay that may or may not have been tampered with... The movie seems to have been planned, written, acted, shot and edited by people who were constantly being over-ruled by other people. It's totally lifeless.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9C05E6D9143AF937A35756C0A962948260&oref=slogin|work=The New York Times|first=Vincent|last=Canby|title='The Bounty,' Capt. Bligh Story By Dino De Laurentiis|date=4 May 1984|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902115419/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9C05E6D9143AF937A35756C0A962948260&oref=slogin|archive-date=2 September 2012}}</ref> The film was entered into the [[1984 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1172/year/1984.html|title=Festival de Cannes: The Bounty|access-date=22 June 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> [[Colin Greenland]] reviewed ''The Bounty'' for ''[[Imagine (game magazine)|Imagine]]'' magazine, and stated that "By concentrating on the deadlock of the characters and the inevitable explosion, director Roger Donaldson has left many things unexamined: the Tahitians are not allowed to be much more than stereotype happy savages, for example. But his film is a powerful vision of the hell β and the wild beauty β of the high seas."<ref name="Imagine22">{{cite journal|last=Greenland|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Greenland|title=Fantasy Media|type=review|journal=[[Imagine (AD&D magazine)|Imagine]]|issue=22|pages=45|publisher=TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd.|date=January 1985}}</ref> Anthony Hopkins later said "It was such a sad mess of a film, such a botched job. Yet I'd put so much time and effort into the role. So right then and there I decided: Never again. I will no longer invest so much effort in something over which I have no control. It's too frustrating. That film was a sort of turning point for me. For years I'd been trying to cultivate a don't-give-a-damn attitude. After watching 'The Bounty' I knew I had it."<ref>{{cite news|title=HOPKINS: POWER PLAY ON THE LONDON STAGE|edition=Home]|author=Mann, Roderick|work=Los Angeles Times|date=7 July 1985|page=20}}</ref> He and Donaldson later worked together on ''[[The World's Fastest Indian]]''. Alex von Tunzelmann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave the film a grade of C, saying: "''The Bounty'' has an incredible cast and a fabulously well-put-together production, and pays impressive attention to historical accuracy β more than any of the previous cinematic recreations. With all this going for it, it's a pity that the drama falls flat."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Bounty: a waste of paradise|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=2011-03-24|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/24/bounty-mel-gibson-anthony-hopkins|access-date=2024-03-04}}</ref>
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