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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Average Rating: 3.1/5
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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
Jun 30, 2000 Wide
Nov 14, 2000
$182.1M
Warner Bros. Pictures
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
A sense of reality is essential, and it's sorely lacking.
An awfully good film
Perfect Storm is thrilling but can't match the terror of the book.
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.
feels more like a made-for-TV movie
Scary and sad are the main concerns here.
The thrills come in an emotional vacuum--even more problematic considering Petersen spends so much time trying to develop a human center.
An expertly crafted Hollywod entertainment...[constructed] as a series of grippingly fateful 'moments of truth.' [Blu-Ray]
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)
The storm looks perfect, but the real danger here is the tidal wave of mediocrity and cliches.
The story could've told itself in a compelling way without invented drama.
Once the digital effects commence The Perfect Storm has all the impact of watching a friend play Nintendo.
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, 2011Super 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
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