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5.9 out of 10

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  • Starring: Emmy Rossum, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss
  • Summary: Master storyteller Wolfgang Peterson (Das Boot, The Perfect Storm) returns to the sea with Poseidon to focus not only on the power of a massive rogue wave that overturns a luxury cruise ship in open water, but on the intense dramas that play out among a small group of people fighting to survive in its aftermath. (Warner Bros.)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 36
  3. Negative: 7 out of 36
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    It's a buoyant, old-wave disaster pic for a generation of well-conditioned thrill seekers charmed by the revelation that Richard Dreyfuss really is the Red Buttons of our day.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
    60
    In the plus column, Poseidon is a tightly-paced action movie that doesn't depend too much on special effects for its thrills.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    38
    Poseidon is a sodden saga, with a script that is awash in clichés. It nearly drowns under the weight of its own soggy tedium.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 48
  3. Negative: 17 out of 48
  1. chelsea
    10
    This movie was soo intense! some parts made me cry. but i couldn't find anything wrong with it. and plus josh lucas is sexy which is good enough for me !… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. eTurkey
    5
    One half of me says to continue watching this film, the other half thinks it should sink dead in the water and I should flip on something else. For an action/disaster movie 'Poseidon' is rather, well... safe. And easy to foretell. Predictable at best to be perfectly honest. It's neither boring nor bland and some of the "escape" scenes are well directed but overall this feature offers nothing new in the genre. Truth be told, pick a side (heads or tails) and then throw a coin in the air to determine this picture's fate because it honestly could go either way.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. AldrinC.
    3
    "Poseidon" is typical of Wolfgang Petersen's films; either they suck or they sink.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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