- Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert De Niro
- Summary: Inspired by the life of Carl Brashear (Gooding, Jr.). The setting of his journey is the little known and dangerous world of deep-sea diving in the U.S. Navy of the 1950s and 60s. (20th Century Fox Films)
- Director: George Tillman Jr
- Genre(s): Biography, Drama
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 30
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Mixed: 16 out of 30
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Negative: 2 out of 30
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88In-depth performances by De Niro and Gooding Jr. provide the oxygen for this extremely shipshape biopic.
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60Sunk by its own melodramatic falseness, and it stands as a well-meaning yet lacking tribute to a courageous man.
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30The filmmakers at once coarsen and dilute a fascinating life into a lumpy puddle of punishing inspirational hokum.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 10
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Mixed: 0 out of 10
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Negative: 1 out of 10
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