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Cast

Chris Pine
as Bernie Webber

Casey Affleck
as Ray Sybert

Ben Foster
as Richard Livesey

Eric Bana
as Daniel Cluff

Josh Stewart
as Tchuda Southerland

Holliday Grainger
as Miriam

John Ortiz
as Seaman Wallace Quirey

Kyle Gallner
as Andy Fitzgerald

Graham McTavish
as Frank Fauteux

Rachel Brosnahan
as Bea Hansen

John Magaro
as Ervin Maske

Michael Raymond-James
as James-

Ben Koldyke
as Sam

Abraham Benrubi
as Tiny Myers

Keiynan Lonsdale
as Eldon Hanan

Beau Knapp
as Mel Gouthro

Kristen Annese
as Principal Dancer

Larry Eudene
as Pendleton Crew #3 Whistle Blower

Matthew Maher
as Carl Nickerson

London Hall
as Fisherman's Wife

Patrick Walsh
as Pendleton Crew #1

Alexander Cook
as John Stello

Kate Jurdi
as Dancer

Karl Carlo Green
as Driver/Dancer

Ernest Anemone
as Medic

John Gigliotti
as U.S. Coast Guard

Michael Steven Swanson
as Fisherman

Jesse Gabbard
as Domingo Garcia

Joseph Oliveira
as Medic

Steve Rasetta
as Seaman #4

Justin Blanchard
as Wayne Wilson - Hi Hat Dancer

Kate Crowley
as Local Town Folk #1

Roberto Lopez
as Pendleton Crew #2

Robert Glenn
as Reporter #2

Angela Hope Smith
as Catherine Paine

Jay Street
as Seaman #5

Harley Harrison
as Seaman #6

Stew Replogle
as Townie

Danny Connelly (II)
as Dave Ryder

George J. Vezina
as Chatham Fisherman

Michael Marchand
as Bangs Crew Coast Guard

Gene Harrison
as Pendelton Crew Member #5

David Riccio, Jr.
as Waiter

David Riccio Jr.
as Waiter

Nicholas Varga
as Close Up on the Dock!

Lance Norris
as Fisherman

Bobby Kenney
as Townfolk

Polly Pillsbury
as Local Townsfolk #2

Michael Maggiani
as Bell Telephone Supervisor

Trevor Dylan
as Party Guest (as Trevor Benoit)

Rachel Ramey
as Featured Dancer

Savannah Rae Allen
as Eliza (Soda Fountain Waitress)

Carl M. Reppucci
as Pianist

John Vincent Mason
as Pendelton Crew #6

Joseph E.G. Barrett
as Medic

Doug McHugh
as Dancer

Joseph Aubrey II
as Paramedic on Dock

Joseph Aubrey II
as Paramedic on Dock

Thomas Brogan
as Townsfolk #3

Savanna Young
as Norris-Townsfolk

Savanna Young-Norris
as Townsfolk

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• Dec 18, 2016

  Based on the true story in 1952, The Finest Hours is about a US Coastguard station being deployed in an attempt to save a crew of an oil tanker that has split into two. The genre of biographical disaster movies is slowly becoming more saturated, particularly those with a serious perspective. The difference this time is that Disney has taken charge of the production which meant this film turned out to be an old-fashioned rescue drama that I thought was much needed. Firstly the cast was good, it was varied from veterans such as Eric Bana and Casey Affleck to more mainstream actors including Chris Pine and Ben Foster. Thankfully this film does not thrive of great performances, it is a visual story and director Craig Gillespie (Million Dollar Arm) knew this, hence the focus on great weather visuals and the destruction of the oil tanker. Pleasant effects but a few fully rendered human characters did not look great and did take away from the realism slightly. The story was very old-fashioned and I found that refreshing especially in 2016 where films try to be different for the sake of it. At the core, it's all about heroism and braving nature when the odds are against you, essentially human persistence and determination into saving other lives. The production design was great, the period setting of 1952 was well lifted. The beginning was standard character introductions, the middle was the rescue mission and the ending was the attempt at getting back in time. All of this being intertwined with a love story. That is where the problem lies, it is very mechanical and predictable. We have probably come to expect this from a Disney production but whilst I personally felt this was a good choice, some might be left wanting more. I mean it is nothing new, it's just a standard rescue story yet it's handled with such care that it is hard not to appreciate. The soundtrack was also well integrated, very traditional and reminded me of films from the 80's and 90's. The credits was a noteworthy part of the film in the fact that they show the photos of the crew and the coastguard station from 1952, definitely brings the additional realism that the film requires. Overall, The Finest Hours was a fine rescue drama with great visuals and a hearty story about heroism, although the old-fashioned pacing may leave viewers wanting more. - Review at: http://www.themoviediorama.com
  

  Luke A Super Reviewer
• Oct 01, 2016

  It's getting harder to come up with introductions to these reviews. I don't feel that you can just head straight into your thoughts about the film. It's like a completely jarring, like a comedy film suddenly throwing you into melodrama without actually setting up properly first. I've never claimed to be good at this, there's many people here that do such a better job at actually writing some pretty damn well-thought out reviews and I don't actually do that. My stuff is more stream-of-consciousness. I write down what comes to mind. If it sounds good, then great, if it doesn't then just as well. As if you couldn't tell, this is a hobby for me. I do it because I find it fun and because it gives me something to do. Sometimes it becomes a bit of a chore in that I have to sit down and write a review when I don't really want to. I mean I don't have to do it, because it's not like I have a deadline, but I don't like to let movies pile up to where I have to review seven at a time or something, that would be considerably worse. I literally have no idea where that came from, but that's about enough for now. I don't have much to say about this film as it relates to actually going into much detail, but I thought this was a perfectly good, albeit old-school, little movie. And I don't mean that in a derogatory manner, it's just the way it is. But that old-fashioned approach definitely helped add more authenticity to this. It's obviously not a film from the 50s, as if you couldn't tell, but it's about as close as it's gonna get to, as it relates to style and performance, as you're gonna get without travelling back in time to that era. But, if i'm being honest, I felt that this movie should have been more than good, especially considering the fact that it's based on an incredible real-life story. The film is certainly good and Bernie and his crew's journey to save the crew of the oil tanker that ripped in two led to some pretty intense moments, but the movie never really kicks it up to a higher level. I don't wanna say that I didn't care for the characters, but there's no real depth to any of them. And there's no problem with that, since the story is all about the rescue. But, at the same time, there's no real emotional attachment to any of them. It's not like you'd be indifferent to their deaths, but it wouldn't really hit you either. And I think that that is what the movie was missing. Of course, I'm not even close to suggesting that this was a bad movie, but it was just missing an element that would have made it great. But, and I say this often with movies based on real-life stories, this would have made an even better documentary, if you could have gotten interviews with the real people. Of course, maybe there's one out there and I just haven't heard of it. But I think you would've gotten a lot of insight. Though the movie does do a great job at making the journey to the oil tanker as horrifying as humanly possible. I've never been a fan of the sea as it is and this movie sort of reinforces that dislike. The acting is strong, no complaints there. And the film offers enough thrills to counteract the fact that the story doesn't go as in depth as it probably could have. Though, again, it probably wasn't intended to be anything more than just a basic 'action/adventure' with an incredible real-life story attached to it. This is a good movie, just don't go in expecting anything more than that.
  Jesse O Super Reviewer
• Sep 23, 2016

  The Finest Hours is a thrilling disaster film about the one of the most daring rescue missions in American Coast Guard history. In 1952 two cargo ships were split in half by a deadly storm off the coast of New England, and while the crew of one of the ships struggled to keep afloat a rescue team fought against impossibly odds to get to them. Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, and Eric Bana lead the cast and give fairly decent performances. And the special effects are incredibly good, creating some amazing scenes of the cargo ship's destruction and rescue ship's fight to climb the ocean waves. But the writing is rather weak, and doesn't really develop the characters very well. Still, The Finest Hours is a fascinating story about the strength of human spirit to persevere and overcome adversity.
  Dann M Super Reviewer
• Sep 02, 2016

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