Gabriel Byrne Movie:

Shipwrecked Reviews:
Great movie!
2009-01-20 - This is such a great movie and Im glad to have found it on Amazon. I remember it being on TV when I was little and my dad recorded it. My brother and I used to watch it all the time, but I havent seen the movie in the longest time now so I was really excited to find it on here. Great movie, full of adventure and excitement!

A Disney treasure!
2008-05-09 - I loved this movie as a kid and now I enjoy sharing it with my daughter.

Another good Disney movie
2008-04-06 - This is a very good Disney movie with pirates and adventure. Any age will enjoy this movie.

Times were cruel back then.
2007-01-03 - Being a Disney film I was a bit surprised to see the main character and family suffering from privation and class bigotry. The usual Disney film characters are very well-fed, white, stain free, and very middle class. To see the main character being 'sold' off to pay a family debt may seem foreign to us now, but I imagine that it was commonplace in many cultures in the past. The parting of the son to begin his duty as cabin boy on a ship was a bit hard to take. The trials he endured were fanciful, his resolution was gratifying, and the end was most satisfying.

My family enjoyed this film, to see a boy thrust into harsh conditions, find a bit of love, survive an accident, and fight for treasure and his love. It did make my daughter swoon at seeing the hero being strong, shirtless, and creative in his battle with evil.

Gabriel Byrne's role as the evil pirate was so cool. Deep down inside I felt that he enjoyed playing the role in this children's story. This is not the first children's film that he's done and I salute him for it. Perhaps the point of the film IS that right always triumphs in the end. It is unfortunate that this DVD is very scarce. It seems that it has been only available through a Disney film club, but no more.