Stiff, sentimentalized and-yes-shallow.
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Men of Honor (2000)
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Reviews Counted:101
Fresh:42
Rotten:59
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: De Niro and Goodings Jr. manage to turn in performances that make this by-the-numbers inspirational movie watchable.
Theatrical Release:Nov 10, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $46,242,629
Synopsis: Carl Brashear lets nothing stand in the way of his dreams. The son of a Kentucky sharecropper, Carl leaves home for what he expects would be a better life. "Never quit ... be the best," his father... [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding, Charlize Theron, Hal Holbrook
Director: George Tillman
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Reviews for Men of Honor
Top CriticIt’s hard to fault a true story for being predictable. But once you know the setup for Men of Honor, nothing that follows remotely surprises you.
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in the spirit of the Energizer bunny ... Cuba just keeps going and going and going.
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It's a bit of a hokie film, but compelling nonetheless.
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Men of Honor takes Carl Brashear's life of accomplishment and bravery and reduces it to the level of an ABC After School Special.
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Swelling syrupy music and lingering shots draw out each and every triumph with numbing overkill.
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It is set in the 1950s and '60s and actually feels as if it were made back then. And that's exactly what's good about it
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The story is inspiring. But Men of Honor just isn't inspired.
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This is one motion picture that only puts half of the pieces together.
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Top CriticIt's hard to sit through Men of Honor without being pulled out of the story by the nagging feeling that creative license runs wild and unchecked throughout this blatantly fictionalized screenplay.
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High-caliber performances [by] Gooding Jr. and De Niro.
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Tillman's sense of fun that keeps his film from sinking too far or too fast.
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Sort of schlocky sweet in its depiction of what makes the lives of some men better than others.
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The drama revolves around a African-American's struggle to fulfil his dreams in a Navy Diving School.
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If you can live with a certain by-the-numbers approach, this [movie] is a rousing one.
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Top CriticThis seaman's tale languishes in shallow waters.
06/18/08
Top CriticI am glad to know the story of Carl Breshear, but I wish I had read it in a newspaper.
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Even if the saccharin level is raised to gargantuan heights, the diving scenes are exciting, right? Wrong.
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A gripping, inspirational tale about human nature overcoming its own worse traits again -- barely.
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Top CriticIt is patriotic in the best way possible: by reaffirming truths we hold to be self-evident.
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