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59 out of 100

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6.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

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  • Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg
  • Summary: The film follows a sudden and violent storm -- the emotional ups and downs of the six stranded fishermen, the surviving families and the rescue crews. Based on a true story.
  • Director: Wolfgang Petersen
  • Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Romance
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Runtime: 130 min
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 36
  3. Negative: 1 out of 36
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    100
    This is one perfectly terrifying movie, an instant classic.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    Overall, the book is a far more rewarding experience than the movie.
  3. Slate
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    30
    It's like a memorial service with killer special effects.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. YvetteG.
    10
    A truly inspring and touching movie that has great themes in it. It is about courage and responsibility. I have been spritually lifted by the film. I can't understand how people can not appreciate the beauty of it. Maybe thsoe who do not possess those qualities are prevented from seeing them.… Expand
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  2. Spielberg00
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The thing that really irks me about THE PERFECT STORM is that I had read that it was a disaster film (and it's made pretty much clear in the title), but the actual disaster didn't get started for a whole forty minutes, which almost brought me to the point of thinking that "Perfect Storm" was some kind of metaphor. The basic layout is as follows: 1-30 minutes - characters are introduced with enough relationship statuses, innuendos, overly charismatic drama to create an entire soap opera; 31-40 minutes - the characters leave their spouses/fiancées, board the ship, but continue with the non sequiturs and double entendres that make you groan, "Enough already!"; 41-120 minutes - over an hour of TITANIC-esque intensity and dazzling (but terrifying, considering this is based on a true story) disaster scenes--which is exciting, but it makes you think, "We go from soap opera...to disaster?", because the beginning does NOT make sense to the rest of the film; 121-128 minutes - the film is coming to an end, with slightly less intensity, but thankfully no "return of the soap opera"; 129 minutes - the film's over, folks, you can go home now. That's the gist of this mediocre movie. It's just what you expect of a shipwreck film.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Lwppopz
    3
    This is amongst one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I only gave it a 3 because the waves looked good in 2000. It's doesn't seem to go anywhere and the movie made no effort of making me want to care about the crew. The only up side to this movie is that it is not a bad as Miami Vice (Movie).… Expand
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