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Shipwrecked
Håkon Håkonsen
1990 92 min United States of America, Norway, Sweden PG 0+
★6.7
Adventure, Family
Director: Nils Gaup
🎭 Based on
«Haakon Haakonsen: A Norwegian Robinson»
byOluf Falck-Ytter
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Description
A young Norwegian boy in 1850s England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.
Budget:
$8.5M
US Gross:
$15.1M
Worldwide:
$15.02M
Starring
Stian Smestad
Actor
Gabriel Byrne
Actor
Louisa Milwood-Haigh
Actor
Awards
3 nominations total
Key opinion
Håkon Håkonsen is viewed as a derivative family adventure that heavily echoes classic maritime tropes like Treasure Island and Robinson Crusoe. While its simple charm may appeal to younger audiences, most viewers find the narrative execution clumsy and the character development lackluster.
| Screenplay | The screenplay relies heavily on derivative genre clichés and borrowed narrative beats from classic adventure literature. | |
| Acting | Gabriel Byrne’s performance as the villain fails to leave a lasting impact, suffering from a lack of necessary menace or charisma. | |
| Originality | The film's tone sits between a desire for grounded, family-friendly adventure and a series of tonally inconsistent, sometimes nonsensical plot developments. | |
| Runtime | The short runtime is viewed by some as the only factor that makes the experience tolerable, while others find the pacing rushed and uneven. |