Poseidon
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50 out of 100

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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. Empire
    Reviewed by: Simon Braund
    80
    A shot in the arm for the classic disaster movie: awesome effects, nail-biting tension and a cast of characters we don’t want dead after half an hour - even, amazingly, the cute kid.
  3. 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.
  4. 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: 30 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 51
  3. Negative: 17 out of 51
  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
  2. Tss5078
    8
    Every bit as dramatic and action packed as the original. All it's lacking is the character development the original had, which is more than made up for by the special effects. Very entertaining edge of your seat movie, every bit as good as the original.… Expand
  3. Trev29
    7
    The movie was actually pretty exciting and a different kind of destruction movie. The visuals were great, and the adventure to safety kept me attentive. Suspenseful and thrilling.… Collapse
  4. AldrinC.
    3
    "Poseidon" is typical of Wolfgang Petersen's films; either they suck or they sink.

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