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The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Plot Synopsis: Shipwreck victim Andrew washes up on a tropical island that is ruled by the creepy Dr. Moreau who has a compound staffed by some strange looking serva... (read more)

Rated PG, 99 min.
Directed by: Don Taylor
Release Date: Jul 13, 1977
All Flixster Ratings: 3.0 Stars (342)
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25 days ago
2.0 Stars
imagino que la novela debe ser buena.
creo que es inherente al ser humano revelarse, asi que sin saberlo el dr. moreau logro su objetivo.
69 days ago
3.0 Stars
A good midnight movie. The fine line between what is human and what is animal is one of my favorite subjects, so I love the original book by Wells, and really liked the 1997 film version, too. This version is less faithful than the 1997 one, but I ... (read more)
101 days ago
2.5 Stars
Lancaster's great, but most of the movie hasn't dated well, and the obvious ethical questions are belaboured.
184 days ago
4.0 Stars
This movie was pretty interesting even though it didn't do H.G. Wells justice. One of the fun things about it is that it's a period piece set in the late 1800's (like the book), but was made in the 1970's, and so carries all the earmarks of that deca... (read more)
279 days ago
2.0 Stars
No me atrevería decir que es una gran película, pero fue una de las que más me impactaron de pequeño. La novela es muy interesante y es ciencia ficción de la buena (H.G. Wells). Pero, las cosas como son, Burt Lancaster, que pedazo de actor.
387 days ago
2.5 Stars
Ugh... very slow paced - so slow in fact that I watched a lot of the non-dialogues scenes at 1.5X or 2X.... different than the Val Kilmer version I saw first though... same questions about ethics but different outcome. It was interesting to compa... (read more)
411 days ago
2.0 Stars
Animals attacking humans; they just don't make 'em like that anymore. All and all, an interesting sci-fi blast from the past.
439 days ago
2.5 Stars
It's funny when York gets turned but apart from that its slow with not the best of make. Still I didn't think it was as bad as my Dad made it out to be.
475 days ago
4.0 Stars
Burt Lancaster and Michael York in this adaptation of HG Wells' prolific story of Man, science and nature.
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