• Trending
    • Certified Fresh & Verified Hot
    • TV Premier dates
    • New horror Movies
    • Best Movies of All Time
  • Movies
    • Movies In Theaters
    • Movies at Home
  • TV Shows
    • New TV
    • Most Popular TV
  • News
    • What to Watch
    • Guides
    • RT News
    • Awards
  • Games
    • Find Your Next Horror Watch
  • Video
  • Showtimes
  • Fanstore
  • About Rotten Tomatoes
  • Critics
  • Download the App Now
  • Logout
Rotten Tomatoes
Suggestions will appear as you start typing. Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App New News Showtimes

Man Friday

Play trailer Poster for Man Friday PG,  1975,  1h 55m,  Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 43% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 65% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
43% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 65% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe (Peter O'Toole) makes a native (Richard Roundtree) his slave, but gold and visitors change everything.

Critics Reviews

View More
Alexander Walker London Evening Standard Dec 22, 2025
A spirited and provocative film. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Oct 23, 2004
2/4
The movie talks itself out, trying to resolve its situation with words and yet never finding a dramatic way to handle it. Go to Full Review
Ruth Batchelor Los Angeles Free Press Nov 21, 2019
Robinson Crusoe has been done to death, and much better. Go to Full Review
Bernard Drew Gannett News Service Jul 16, 2019
Man Friday suffers by imposing 20th Century concepts and new wisdoms onto an old classic and by having only an occasional sense of humor. Go to Full Review
Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Nov 1, 2008
3/5
Mediocre Robinson Crusoe-like tale starring O'Toole. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 24, 2005
2/5
Read all reviews
Man Friday

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Jack Gold

Director

Peter O'Toole

Robinson Crusoe

Richard Roundtree

Friday

Peter Cellier

Carey

More Like This

View All
Fullmetal Alchemist 28% 71% Fullmetal Alchemist Watchlist The Whispering Star 83% 67% The Whispering Star Watchlist The Last Chase 45% The Last Chase Watchlist Secret Beyond the Door 59% 54% Secret Beyond the Door Watchlist Time Traveller 63% Time Traveller Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Man Friday

Man Friday (1975) Man Friday (1975) Man Friday (1975) Man Friday (1975) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe (Peter O'Toole) makes a native (Richard Roundtree) his slave, but gold and visitors change everything.
Director
Jack Gold
Rating
PG
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 55m
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings