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The Perfect Storm (2000)

PG-13 06/29/2000 Drama, Adventure, Action 2h 10m
65%
User
Score
6.5/10
59/100

Feel its fury.

Overview

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.

William D. Wittliff

Screenplay

Wolfgang Petersen

Director

Top Billed Cast

George Clooney

George Clooney

Capt. Billy Tyne

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg

Bobby Shatford

Diane Lane

Diane Lane

Christina "Chris" Cotter

John C. Reilly

John C. Reilly

Dale "Murp" Murphy

William Fichtner

William Fichtner

David "Sully" Sullivan

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Linda Greenlaw

John Hawkes

John Hawkes

Mike "Bugsy" Moran

Dash Mihok

Dash Mihok

Sgt. Jeremy Mitchell

Karen Allen

Karen Allen

Melissa Brown

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Media

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on June 8, 2015

The Perfect Storm, I just love it so much.

"The fog's just lifting, you throw off your bow line, you throw off your stern-you head out to South Chanel past Rocky Neck...Ten Pound Island, past Niles Pond where I skated as a kid-and you blow your air horn and throw a wave to the lighthouse keepers kid on Thatcher's Island - then the birds show up, black backs and herring gulls, big dump ducks - the sun hits you, head North, open up to 12, you're steaming now, the guys are busy, you're in charge - you know what? You're a god damn sword boat captain, is there anything better in the world?"

Ordinarily I would write a review that is fair minded and as honest as I can call it, something that hopefully would interest the readers either side of the fence. But here with The Perfect Storm I j...

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A review by Peter McGinn

Written on August 29, 2020

I recently watched this for the second time, many years after my initial viewing. I confess I didn't always give it my full attention, not just because I had seen it once but also because the plot isn't very subtle, and careful viewing isn't necessary. The dialogue is realistic and well done, but the characters seem a bit stereotypical. You have the grizzled captain whose skills and luck seem to be in decline, a gentle giant with an ex-wife and a kid, a young man desperately in love, the newcomer ready to pick a fight with one of the above and a ladies man who I think was creole, but I am not sure.

So the plot bumps along and the special effects of huge waves and wind works to build suspense, only partly successfully. There are subplots also: the meteorologists with their eyes widening ...

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