Tintin and the Blue Oranges (1964) (2025)

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• Review by Wilson ★★★★

  Tintin and the Blue Oranges was the live-action follow up to Tintin and the Golden Fleece, with Jean-Pierre Talbot reprising his role as the bequiffed journalist. The rest of the cast has been changed (and not for the better unfortunately), but the spirit remains the same.

  It is a light-travelogue, this time Spain, that is high on adventure. The film may have a slightly confused plot, but it remains a lot of fun. Talbot is an impressive lead, his physical dynamism is well-captured. While, this film has more of a comic book feel than the first film, including some cool scene-introduction panels throughout the film.

  I really enjoyed Tintin and the Blue Oranges. Another successful Tintin live-action film. I would happily watch another, unfortunately this was the last of this series of films, and the last live-action Tintin thus far. Reboot, anyone?

• Review by Laurent Boutin ★½ 1

  Un spectaculaire plaidoyer en la faveur de la manière qu’ont Moulinsart de gérer l’héritage d’Hergé. Si ça peut nous protéger d’une autre abomination de la sorte…

• Review by maskull ★★★

  Feels a little less adventure and danger, a lot more comedy. Captain Haddock is basically a full-on buffoon this time around and really this is nothing much more than comedic set piece after comedic set piece. But they do it all well, so while I only laughed a couple of times, I appreciated the performances and timing. Still, an enjoyable movie, I just wish there was a little more stakes wrapped in the gorgeous Spanish scenery. And I'm still disappointed that they only made two of these movies.

• Review by Tim

  absolute dogshit. i love it.

• Review by maiya ★★½

  must a movie be good? is it not enough to watch jean-pierre talbot running around and being so so handsome?

• Review by mrbalihai ★★★½

  I grew up reading Tintin in the Sixties, so I was pleasantly surprised to discover that a live-action series of French films existed, especially after the letdown of the overwrought Spielberg version. The film does an excellent and faithful job of portraying Herge's beloved characters, without any uncanny-valleyish CGI effects. Captain Haddock, in particular, comes across with just as much silly, slapstick bluster as he does in the books.

• Review by Oiseau-bandit

  Ce film atteint des sommets.

• Review by 💜 rowe 💜

  Tintin and the Blue Oranges is such an oddball sequel to Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece. It has a Spanish set espionage-adventure plot that always seems to lose me a quarter of the way in, it initially leans heavily into the comic book framing but drops it halfway through, everyone's diet seemed to include chewed scenery and the comedy is exaggerated to cringe effect. There is also an awful lot of running, sped up footage and strange editing choices.

  Though I can never decide if I like it, my opera queen and fave Bianca Castafiore making an appearance just to sing, cackle, dress sumptuously and misname Captain Haddock in one scene elevates Blue Oranges from a 2.5 star to a 3 star.

• Review by Sed. Dine ★★½

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  Doesn't even deserve to be compared to the first one...

  There's a moment in the film where Cuthbert Calculus is mesmerized by the sight of a beautiful blue orange glowing in the darkness of an improvised laboratory. Then his companion of misfortune and distinguished colleague of scientific persuasion, Professor Zalamea lets him taste the orange, Calculus immediately spits it. These blue oranges look great but they're just impossible to swallow. Fittingly enough, the same can be said about the second opus of Tintin's live-action adventures: "The Blue Oranges", a film cruelly underwritten that can't be saved from mediocrity despite the efforts of Jean-Pierre Talbot, the only good thing about the film (along with Calculus).

  The film started well, the bit…

• Review by Camden ★

  The plot is a bit dumb but it's light-hearted and some of the visual jokes are working. Somehow likeable but not memorable.

• Review by Tepi ★★

  p disappointing considering the first one was such good fun! i think I can see Herge's lack of involvement in this one. theoretically it has all the "elements" but it just Does Not come together and ends up being overall tiring despite some fun moments scattered throughout.

  if you like to watch men running to weird music you will like this movie? some solid Thom(p)son gags and the kids are really cute. this movie's plot is kind of incomprehensible.

  jean-pierre still amazing, love him, A+, saved the film

• Review by Kate Browne

  I'm pretty sure I saw this film in 1964 because that's the year it came out, but of course I don't really know the exact date. It was spring or summer and my father took my brothers and me to the movies. I was six years old and I had never been to a movie theatre. I didn't like it because I loved the characters of the Tintin books as drawn by Hergé, and the actors just looked completely wrong to me. The whole experience was strange but interesting.