The Perfect Storm Reviews

feels more like a made-for-TV movie

Full Review | Original Score: C-

Scary and sad are the main concerns here.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

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

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

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

| Original Score: C

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

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

A stinker fit for the chum bucket.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

The perfect example, of how the newest visual effects movies have the capacity to overwhelm everything -- from actors to plotlines -- except in the end, maybe, their audiences.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

In the end, all the audience is left with is the feeling that you're really glad not to be a fisherman.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

The movie itself is like a raging storm: impossible to ignore while it's happening but easy to forget when the weather has died down.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

Those simulated waves are huge, and you can practically feel the wind and the rain pelting down.

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A gripping drama that virtually bursts from the screen with lashing, kinetic power so realistic it could literally make someone seasick.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

...a thrilling amusement park ride, albeit one freighted with the knowledge that nature does treat some unfortunate souls this roughly

Full Review | Original Score: B

Senti pena daqueles pescadores - não dos que estavam na tela, mas sim daqueles que inspiraram o filme. Eles, sim, merecem nossas homenagens. O resto é fantasia barata.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Not terrible, but distinctly disappointing, not nearly as engaging or thrilling as its premise seems to promise.

Full Review | Original Score: C

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

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

The special effects, especially that awe-inspiring final wave featured on the promotional material, are truly awesome.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

It's formulaic and there are cliches, but the walls of water, created by fluid dynamics simulating real-life phenomena, are awesome.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

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

| Original Score: 2/5