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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) a score of 2.6643 out of 4
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
"K-19" romanticizes the crew of Soviet military men who averted a nuclear disaster in 1961 aboard their submarine. Based on the real-life incident, the story follows the U-boat as it sets out into the North Atlantic under the command of the unyielding ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)
A thoroughly compelling submarine thriller about character under pressure. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)
Just as K-19 begins to nosedive into an abyss of military-saga formula things begin to heat up. Literally. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Mr. Mikey's Video Views (J. Michael Dlugos)Mr. Mikey's Video Views (J. Michael Dlugos)
Once Wolfgang Petersen's "Das Boot," starring Jurgen Prochnow, appeared in 1981, the submarine sub-genre had been changed for good, and the bar had been raised to astonishing heights. Das Boot is a fantastic film, an amazing piece of work that stands up ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Mr. Mikey's Video Views (J. Michael Dlugos)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for JaxMovies (Greg Schaible)JaxMovies (Greg Schaible)
I walked in the theater expecting another great performance by Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson, yet at the same time a little sceptical about a submarine movie. Alexei Vostrikov (Ford) was a seemingly power hungry captain of the Soviet Union's newest, ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at JaxMovies (Greg Schaible)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for CountingDown.com (Larry Carroll)CountingDown.com (Larry Carroll)
Ford deserves to be remembered at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at CountingDown.com (Larry Carroll)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
The movie is solidly paced and well acted but lacks the emotional connection that might have made it a classic. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Bitchslap (James E. Laczkowski)Hollywood Bitchslap (James E. Laczkowski)
The machismo gets the best of it and the film needs a trim, but it's servicable entertainment helmed by one of the best action directors on the planet. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Hollywood Bitchslap (James E. Laczkowski)
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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