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The Perfect Storm (2000)

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 132
Fresh: 62 | Rotten: 70

While the special effects are well done and quite impressive, this film suffers from any actual drama or characterization. The end result is a film that offers nifty eye-candy and nothing else.

Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 16

While the special effects are well done and quite impressive, this film suffers from any actual drama or characterization. The end result is a film that offers nifty eye-candy and nothing else.

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Movie Info

In October 1991, a dying tropical hurricane from Bermuda collided with a cold front from the Great Lakes, resulting in a "perfect storm" of previously unknown destructive impact that resulted in 100-foot waves; tragically, the crew of a fishing boat was lost in the midst of the fearsome storm. Based on the best-selling book by Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm tells the story of the ship's brave and hard-working crew. Billy Tyne (George Clooney), captain of the Andrea Gail, hasn't had much

PG-13, 2 hr. 9 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Wolfgang Petersen , Allen Payne

Written By: William D. Wittliff

In Theaters: Jun 30, 2000 Wide

On DVD: Nov 14, 2000

Box Office:$182.1M

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

George Clooney
Capt. Billy Tyne
Mark Wahlberg
Bobby Shatford
John C. Reilly
Dale "Murph" Murphy
Diane Lane
Christine Cotter
William Fichtner
David "Sully' Sullivan
John Hawkes
Michael "Bugsy" Moran
Allen Payne
Alfred Pierre
Mary Elizabeth Mastranton...
Linda Greenlaw
Karen Allen
Melissa Brown
Cherry Jones
Edie Bailey
Bob Gunton
Alexander McAnally III
Christopher McDonald
Todd Gross
Dash Mihok
Sgt. Jeremy Mitchell
Josh Hopkins
Capt. Darryl Ennis
Michael Ironside
Bob Brown
Rusty Schwimmer
Irene "Big Red" Johnson
Janet Wright
Ethel Shatford
Billy Mayo
C-130 pilot

Critic Reviews for The Perfect Storm

All Critics (150) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (68) | Rotten (70) | DVD (31)

Think of something with the heart and soul of a Conrad yarn, yet buttressed by very special effects and shrewdly packaged for devotees of the Outdoor Living Network

March 22, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

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A sense of reality is essential, and it's sorely lacking.

May 10, 2001 Comment

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

An awfully good film

April 24, 2001 Comment

Joel Siegel

Good Morning America

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Perfect Storm is thrilling but can't match the terror of the book.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Edward Guthmann

San Francisco Chronicle

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The audience, with good reason, is much more conflicted in the end about this voyage than the crew, and so we are put in the unfortunate position of feeling superior to these men.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Magazine

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Peter Rainer

New York Magazine

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feels more like a made-for-TV movie

May 14, 2011 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews

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John A. Nesbit

Old School Reviews Source: Old School Reviews

Scary and sad are the main concerns here.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

The thrills come in an emotional vacuum--even more problematic considering Petersen spends so much time trying to develop a human center.

January 7, 2010 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

An expertly crafted Hollywod entertainment...[constructed] as a series of grippingly fateful 'moments of truth.' [Blu-Ray]

August 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

The storytelling in The Perfect Storm may be a bit wayward, but its heart and special effects are in the right place. (Blu-ray Edition)

August 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

The storm looks perfect, but the real danger here is the tidal wave of mediocrity and cliches.

September 12, 2007 Comment

Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

The story could've told itself in a compelling way without invented drama.

December 31, 2005 Full Review Source: Supercala.com

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John Venable

Supercala.com

Once the digital effects commence The Perfect Storm has all the impact of watching a friend play Nintendo.

May 30, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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The thing that really irks me about THE PERFECT STORM is that I had read that it was a disaster film (and it's made pretty much clear in the title), but the actual disaster didn't get started for a whole forty minutes, which almost brought me to the point of thinking that "Perfect Storm" was some kind of metaphor.The

July 20, 2011

Alexander Diminiano

Super Reviewer

A movie that leads to nothing and you leave the theatre feeling crappy for seeing it. Its depressing, it leads to no conclusion, and i'm glad The Simpsons were bold enough to make fun of this crap. I never felt intense when watching it, and even with a all star cast it has nothing great about. Only reason I gave it

February 27, 2011

Brad Wright

Super Reviewer

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