Treasure Island (1999)

33% of critics liked it
(12 reviews)
56% of users liked it
(472 ratings)

This animated retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Treasure Island centers around the youthful Jim Hawkins, whose accidental finding of an old map cues the advent of a dangerous treasure hunt marked by pirates, a series of physical obstacles, and a damsel in distress. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr.
Directed By: Scott King
Written By: Scott King
Genres: Drama, Animation, Kids & Family, Art House & International, Special Interest

In Theaters: Jan 24, 1999 Wide
On DVD: Feb 11, 2003

Critic Reviews

Todd McCarthy, Variety
No matter how bright many of its ideas may be, however, Treasure Island is far from satisfying, as such matters as narrative coherence and dramatic credibility have been treated as annoyances worthy of being ignored.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Climaxing with images shanghaied from Ugetsu and Dr. Strangelove, Treasure Island can be thin and underrealized.
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
There is a dreamlike logic at work here, but viewers are expected to put the pieces together themselves.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
For all the ideas it tosses around -- and many of them are useful and painful correctives to our rose-colored fantasies -- Treasure Island is too crude a movie to muster much rhetorical clout.
Tom Block, culturevulture.net
...all of the bad things that make up what we call 'independent film.'
Greg Dean Schmitz, Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies
You may not like Treasure Island when you see it, but what you can't dismiss is that it's definitely not commercial.
Edvins Beitiks, San Francisco Examiner
Ought to bypass the theaters entirely and go straight to cult status, joining the likes of Night of the Living Dead and Plan 9 From Outer Space.
Mike Gregory, Reel.com
Though it will surely confound mainstream audiences, it should prove something of a treasure for viewers prepared for a provocative and idiosyncratic work.