Ultimately, Men of Honor is sunk by its own melodramatic falseness, and it stands as a well-meaning yet lacking tribute to a courageous man.
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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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The movie is educational and upstanding, a little overacted and more than a little overdramatized. But it's honorable.
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Top CriticAn inspiring, must-see movie-going experience that will have audiences cheering in their seats.
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Top CriticYou can't help but cheer Brashear on every step of the way.
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It's a real shame that instead of investigating the era's racism, Men of Honor just paints broad strokes.
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A would-be inspirational biographical movie that really works.
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Top CriticGooding can't will this well-meaning film into life.
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Top CriticHas the feel of an after-school special.
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A gripping, inspirational tale about human nature overcoming its own worse traits again -- barely.
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Top CriticHigh-caliber performances [by] Gooding Jr. and De Niro.
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Good and old-fashioned.
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Top CriticThere's something refreshing about its utterly unembarrassed embrace of the familiar.
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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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The movie is an old-fashioned biopic, and I mean that as a compliment.
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Top Criticin 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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