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The admirably old-fashioned In the Heart of the Sea boasts thoughtful storytelling to match its visual panache, even if it can't claim the depth or epic sweep to which it so clearly aspires.
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The huge, whale-sized problem is that Howard can't decide if this is dark, adult fare or a rollicking tale of derring-do. December 27, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The huge, whale-sized problem is that Howard can't decide if this is dark, adult fare or a rollicking tale of derring-do.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
What remains is an opportunity for an intense, Jaws-like thalassophobic nightmare, squandered. December 21, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
What remains is an opportunity for an intense, Jaws-like thalassophobic nightmare, squandered.
Matthew Thrift
Howard is a director who believes in strong, primary-colour storytelling, with plenty of uncomplicated emotion. Yet this story is oddly more subtle than you might think ... December 17, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Howard is a director who believes in strong, primary-colour storytelling, with plenty of uncomplicated emotion. Yet this story is oddly more subtle than you might think ...
Peter Bradshaw
The vintage grotesquerie of the regular old whaling process turns out to be more disturbing than the dark adventures that are In the Heart of the Sea's reason for being. December 16, 2015 | Full Review…
The vintage grotesquerie of the regular old whaling process turns out to be more disturbing than the dark adventures that are In the Heart of the Sea's reason for being.
Alison Willmore
Warner Bros. would have been better off sticking with the film's original March release date and selling it as a horror movie. December 14, 2015 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Warner Bros. would have been better off sticking with the film's original March release date and selling it as a horror movie.
Lou Lumenick
If you want a Ron Howard movie about a man obsessed with a creature from the deep, "In the Heart of the Sea," sadly, is not the place to start. Try "Splash." December 14, 2015 | Full Review…
If you want a Ron Howard movie about a man obsessed with a creature from the deep, "In the Heart of the Sea," sadly, is not the place to start. Try "Splash."
Anthony Lane
Ron Howard has made an okay-ish adaptation, and I'm not sure we're all the better for it. February 13, 2020 | Full Review…
Ron Howard has made an okay-ish adaptation, and I'm not sure we're all the better for it.
Tim Brennan
In the Heart of the Sea is a confused film. December 11, 2019 | Full Review…
In the Heart of the Sea is a confused film.
Angela L. Harmon
There is certainly that sense of adventure into the unknown, and Hemsworth once again reminds us he's a movie star. August 29, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
There is certainly that sense of adventure into the unknown, and Hemsworth once again reminds us he's a movie star.
Kate Rodger
It ends up just feeling really bland and boring and slow. April 18, 2019 | Rating: D | Full Review…
It ends up just feeling really bland and boring and slow.
Rachel Wagner
In the Heart of the Sea doesn't break new ground, but it's relatively diverting. There's satisfaction in watching newer British talent... April 17, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
In the Heart of the Sea doesn't break new ground, but it's relatively diverting. There's satisfaction in watching newer British talent...
Tori Brazier
Despite the best efforts of the filmmakers, In the Heart of the Sea is a few knots away from being the transformative cinema experience intended. April 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Despite the best efforts of the filmmakers, In the Heart of the Sea is a few knots away from being the transformative cinema experience intended.
Adam Lowes
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