Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

ThiefHott Too much of everything

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

max843 "Crusoe" came on in the middle of the night on Multiplex. Do remember the buzz in 88 before it was released. Surprised it didn't do better in the American market.Optics are stunningly beautiful, sets appear authentic to my unprofessional eye - and Serbia is absolutely gorgeous. Sinful what has happened to that country.Beginning scenes reminiscent of recent films such as "12 Years A Slave" and others. Painful to watch, but a necessary back story. Agree with previous reviews that this version of Daniel Defoe's story conveys well the isolation, desperation and redemption of man. Good on director Caleb Deschanel.Thought it was a bit too convenient our hero just happened to retrieve a razor, soap and other necessities from the wreck. And especially, his ship-launching skills were a wonder to behold.Loved Aiden Quinn's interaction with the ship's dog, especially compared to his first encounter with Hepburn Graham. Telling.

Michael Neumann This 1988 revision of Daniel Dafoe's popular desert island survival adventure has enough of a modern conscience to suggest a tropical variation of 'The Defiant Ones', with Virginia gentleman slave trader Crusoe (no first name is given: could it be Robinson?) shipwrecked off the African coast and chained by circumstance to a native tribesman. Director Caleb Deschanel brings to his own film some of the same meticulous attention to visual detail from his work elsewhere as an ace cinematographer, in this instance hiding the shortcomings of an underdeveloped screenplay behind lots of glorious surf-and-sand imagery. The story itself, perhaps because of its familiarity in outline, unfolds with a surprising lack of emotion for such a compelling scenario. Little information is offered about its protagonist except that he's a bigot with a lesson to learn, so what little character he has isn't very sympathetic. But the idea alone still carries a lingering fascination, making the film a consistently interesting if not always very involving experience.

Azlan Lewis This version is a good watch and a freshened version of the Robinson Crusoe franchise.It shows how a lonely man can survive on tropical island.Beautiful shooting shows the great colors of the scenery of the island they were on.I originally only caught the first few minutes of this movie and enjoyed it and later found it on again and watched it to it's finish.Takes a few surprising turns that I have not seen in other versions.I felt from the start of this movie was very real of what was happening in the slave trade and Crusoe mentions this to his first captured slave.Enjoyable to watch, I recommend this for those 12 years old and above.

LelandAuslender I viewed this movie on TV and in Spanish, and it mattered not.This is visual movie making at its best, the story being told throughgripping physical encounters and gut-wrenching emotions on anenchanting island. Crusoe and Friday are fiercely strongindividuals who must learn to cooperate to survive. But this versionof the classic story goes beyond mere physical survival andfocuses on how Crusoe, a slave trader in the 1800s, and Friday, aBlack, overcome their innate prejudices and learn to trust, respect,and finally to help each other survive against life-threatening odds.The mythic feel of the film is enhanced by wondrous cinematography and sparkling music. Thanks Aidan Quinn, AdeSapara, and Director-cinematographer Celeb Deschanel for amost delightful movie.