Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

All The Uproarious Fun Of the Smash Broadway Play!

Directed by John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Orange Productions

1955123 min7.0 / 10

A warm, comedic ensemble drama about Navy camaraderie and the frustration of duty, balancing uproarious humor with genuine emotional stakes and character bonds.

Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.

Questions people ask

  • Is Mister Roberts easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does Mister Roberts end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Mister Roberts scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Mister Roberts violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Mister Roberts sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity5

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise60

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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