Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 4
Though this movie features beautiful cinematography, it drags on, being way too overblown and melodramatic.
Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 2
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 2
Though this movie features beautiful cinematography, it drags on, being way too overblown and melodramatic.
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Average Rating: 4.1/5
User Ratings: 35,275
Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques (Jean-Marc Barr) and Enzo (Jean Reno) are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that
R, 2 hr. 2 min.
Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International
Luc Besson, Robert Garland, Marilyn Goldin, Marc Perrier, Jacques Mayol
Jun 1, 1988 Wide
Aug 15, 2000
20th Century-Fox
All Critics (19) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (4) | DVD (9)
What he and his writers have cooked up defies our patience.
Besson is no master storyteller.
One of a kind movie.
Is an extra 50 minutes of bad footage reason enough to re-release an already problematic movie? I wouldn't think so.
No matter which version you see, the story doesn't really make sense.
The film is a flawed fable but an intriguing one nonetheless.
Silly as the narrative may sound, The Big Blue is nonetheless intriguing in its quaint originality.
It's the ultimate film about losing your innocence.
Obsession...
January 14, 2008Super Reviewer
Ridiculously overlong but strangely hypnotic sea-bourne drama packed with sumptuous photography.
February 24, 2007
Super Reviewer
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