The Perfect Storm2000
The Perfect Storm (2000)
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Critic Consensus: 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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Cast
as Billy Tyne
as Bobby Shatford
as Christina Cotter
as Melissa Brown
as David `Sully' Sullivan
as Linda Greenlaw
as Dale `Murph' Murphy
as Alexander McAnally III
as Bob Brown
as Alfred Pierre
as Edie Bailey
as Michael `Bugsy' Moran
as Todd Gross
as Sgt. Jeremy Mitchell
as Capt. Darryl Ennis

as Lt. Rob Pettit
as Irene Johnson

as C-130 pilot
as Ethel Shatford

as Flight Engineer Borgers

as Sgt. Millard Jones

as Gloucester Fisherman No. 2

as Gloucester Fisherman No. 1

as Assistant Medical Examiner (uncredited)
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Critic Reviews for The Perfect Storm
All Critics (133) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (62) | Rotten (71) | DVD (12)
The discrepancy between the sophistication of the special effects and the rudimentary dramaturgy results in a $140 million film that may raise your blood pressure, but leaves the rest of you distinctly unengaged.
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.
Exciting, engaging, and, at times, majestic.
A well-crafted example of a film of pure sensation
For once, we have a film in which the FX guys dominate and yet, human truth and drama shine through.
Audience Reviews for The Perfect Storm
It is a shame how this movie turns a real nightmare into a dull Hollywood spectacle full of visual effects but with little character development, and it even makes the biggest mistake of showing more people caught in the storm instead of only focusing on the crew of the Andrea Gail.
Super Reviewer
First, there's all dese Hollywood types gettin' dere New England accents a workout, and dat ain't too bad none, nosirree, but the real star here is the CG generated storm that decently conveys the immensity of the sea and just how small we are in it. Not too shabby.
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 a 1.5 is because the acting was decent. this film is not worth it.

Super Reviewer
The Perfect Storm Quotes
Capt. Billy Tyne: | I yam what I yam and I'm Popeye the sailor man. |