Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
Seen it?1999 | 100 min | War, Adventure, TV Movie
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for adventure fans and history buffs. If you loved Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World or Taking Chance, start here.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 40 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 15K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Andrew Grieve
- Ioan GruffuddHoratio Hornblower
- Robert LindsaySir Edward Pellew
- Antony SherColonel Moncoutant
- John ShrapnelGeneral Charette
- Samuel WestMajor Edrington
- Peter VaughanAdmiral Lord Hood
- Jean BadinFaure
- Jamie BamberArchie Kennedy
- Paul CopleyMathews
- Jonathan CoyLieutenant Bracegirdle