Swallows and Amazons

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Swallows and Amazons

2017,

1h 36m,

Adventure/

Drama

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The Walker children are given permission to camp on an island in the middle of a vast lake. When they get there, they have to battle against a gang of local youths for control of the island.

Critics Consensus

Swallows and Amazons honors its source material with a beautifully shot drama whose nostalgic glow is enhanced by winning performances and a timeless story.

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Sheri Linden

Los Angeles Times

Jul 13, 2017

As clunky as the movie can feel, there's a winning toughness to its unsentimental view of childhood and its nostalgia for a pre-digital age.

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

Aug 25, 2016

3/5

Where the film really takes wing is when the Swallows and Amazons are trying to steal each other's boats, making expeditions by moonlight or are planning just what they're going to eat after dropping their provisions in the lake.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Aug 21, 2016

3/5

Despite an incongruous action sequence on the roof of a puttering steam train and a beefed-up espionage plot, the thrills here are reassuringly low-key.

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Tom Cassidy

Common Sense Media

Sep 25, 2024

Kids might enjoy seeing the freedom the siblings experience in this movie version of Swallows and Amazons, as they sail to an island and set up camp without any adult supervision.

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Alison Rowat

The Herald (Scotland)

Aug 22, 2018

4/5

The pace is slow initially, but stick with it.

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

Jul 6, 2018

3/5

The Enid Blyton-esque, picture-book-pretty vibe of the production is irresistible throughout.

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Poe M

Sep 21, 2018

I loved this show. Great family movie :)

Anakin G

Aug 22, 2018

A pale imitation of the book. Not the best film version.

Aug 20, 2018

Saw it for the first time on tv yesterday, awful, never want to see it again. Loved the books, loved the 1973 version. A.R. will be spinning in his hammock. Your top critic reviewers must have been paid to say what they did or have no taste or understanding of the original story. Thanks to Mr. Ransome I DID mean to go to sea!

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Kylo W

Apr 12, 2018

A wonderful heartwarming film.Wonderful cast, outstand to be honest. Warm, enjoyable and touching. An absolute please to watch

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Feb 19, 2018

What a shocker of a film. Dancing loosely around the material of original book - which worked perfectly well for generations of avid Ransome fans - these woefully miscast kids bicker woodenly through this clumsily 'enhanced ' plot. What a mess

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Kylo S

Feb 8, 2018

Interesting cinematography but terrible plot. They've taken a much-loved book and changed some of the characters and their behaviours to fit in with modern identity politics rubbish, and added a ridiculous spy subplot. If you want a film with the charm of the book, buy the 1973 version which is really very good and leave this charmless pile on the shelf.

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Synopsis

The Walker children are given permission to camp on an island in the middle of a vast lake. When they get there, they have to battle against a gang of local youths for control of the island.

Director: Philippa Lowthorpe
Producer: Nick Barton, Nick O'Hagan, Joe Oppenheimer
Screenwriter: Andrea Gibb
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: BBC Films
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 14, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 14, 2017
Runtime: 1h 36m

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