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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) Rank 5 Reviews
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ESpy.ca (Jayson Hopkins)
Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
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)
Boxoffice 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
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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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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)
San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Movie Gazette (Andrea Chee)
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Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
I had an anecdote written for the opening paragraph of this review, but after reading it, I decided that it spoiled the movie somewhat. Many viewers will probably be so wholly unfamiliar with the real-life events of the voyage of the K-19 that even if I w ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
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artechock (Rüdiger Suchsland)
Salon (Andrew O'Hehir)
May be a bit too grim and claustrophobic to become a certifiable summer blockbuster, but it's a pulse-pounding thriller that brings one of the Cold War's darkest and deadliest episodes to the big screen. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Salon (Andrew O'Hehir)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
A taut historical thriller in the tradition of Das Boot . ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
(Director Bigelow) piles up one nerve-racking crisis after another, interspersed with moments of ethereal, almost otherworldly beauty. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Slate (David Edelstein)
Impressive and heartfelt. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Slate (David Edelstein)
ComingSoon.net (Scott Chitwood)
Out of all the sub movies ever made, this is one of the better ones. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at ComingSoon.net (Scott Chitwood)
Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
New York Times (A.O. Scott)
A tense, swift drama of mechanical catastrophe and dueling egos. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
Harrison Ford logra una actuación magnífica (una de las mejores de su carrera). ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
Part fact and part fiction, K-19: The Widowmaker is both a compelling psychological drama and a suspenseful thrill ride. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
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Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
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Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
As intelligent as it is suspenseful. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
In the end, it's fear of the bomb that drives this boat. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
eFilmCritic.com (Andrew Howe)
If you can ignore the first hour you’ll be privy to a gut-wrenching and thought-provoking experience. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Andrew Howe)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
As a grueling "trip" movie and cautionary tale of the nuclear age, K-19 fits the bill. The harsh depiction of everyday life in the Soviet navy and numerous scenes of seamen exposing themselves to lethal doses of radiation are profoundly disturbing. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
ToxicUniverse.com (John Beachem)
Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
It's not your Dad's submarine melodrama, and, for the most part, it's exciting stuff. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
A relentlessly serious action movie, characterized by, of all things, sorrow. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Bigelow gives this film edge, tension and something you aren't expecting: a woman's touch for teasing out the buried emotion beneath those stoic surfaces. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
The movie gradually works its way, with quiet intelligence and apparent conviction, until there's no turning from it. An hour in, and we're on that boat. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
There is one surprise in the movie, a decision having nothing to do with the reactor, that depends entirely on the ability of the characters to act convincingly under enormous pressure; casting stars of roughly equal weight helps it to work. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
I don't think that a woman behind the camera necessarily affects the tenor of what is on screen, but never before have I seen a men-of-war film more notable for its psychology than its spectacle. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
filmcritic.com (Margaret Berry)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
K-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories, but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of Man confronting the Demons of his own fear and paranoia. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
San Jose Mercury News (Glenn Lovell)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Never before have I seen a men-of-war film more notable for its psychology than its spectacle. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
K-19: The Widowmaker is a war movie without a war, or at least without a hot war. Like Crimson Tide and Thirteen Days, the film uses the backdrop of a potential nuclear holocaust to generate a powerful sense of escalating tension. And that's not the only ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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Tampa Tribune (Bob Ross)
Director Kathryn Bigelow ( Strange Days, Near Dark ) does justice to their secret story, conveying claustrophobia with conviction while showing us that patriotism, sacrifice and duty are valued on both sides of a war, cold or otherwise. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Tampa Tribune (Bob Ross)
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Jack Zink)
[An] action potboiler on the bottom rung of memorable sub warfare's cinematic deck ladder, with RSRD in the middle and Das Boot at the top. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Jack Zink)
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sbs.is (Stefan Birgir Stefansson)
Not the greatest sub movie but a very good one ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at sbs.is (Stefan Birgir Stefansson)
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
The inevitable outcome doesn't deter the drama. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Movies involving submarines have the logic of chess: The longer the game goes, the fewer the possible remaining moves. "K-19: The Widowmaker" joins a tradition that includes "Das Boot" and "The Hunt for Red October" and goes all the way back to "Run Silen ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
... A taut, skillfully-executed thriller anchored by two rock-solid leading men. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
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Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Yet despite all this, something feels a little off about K-19. In its effort to go against type, it drains the story of some of its impetus. We're told that the reactor leak has cataclysmic implications, yet we never feel the weight of such a ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
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Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
Certain plot developments are gruesome, and the story works all the more for them. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
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Denver Post (Steven Rosen)
At its best, it almost makes you feel proud to have been a Soviet communist, -- even if you weren't. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Denver Post (Steven Rosen)
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It's simply incapable of overcoming its leading man's leaden performance. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Matinee Magazine (Nick Schager)
Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
The film doesn't sink, but it springs a few substantial leaks. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)
The director chose to keep rubbing it in our faces that these men suffered and were heroes. This over-indulgence was completely unnecessary... ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)
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Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
An untested bucket of bolts that was such a jokeavitch, it's no stretch to say that it was a sinking coffinavitch. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
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Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
While the film deals with serious issues based on fact, its emotional tone is too solemn. All hands aboard K-19 seem to have deluded themselves into believing that they're making an American Das Boot . ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
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Remains an above-average and affecting descent into both heretofore unknown Soviet naval history and the always popular submarine-in-peril genre. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
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Kathryn Bigelow's K-19: The Widowmaker suffered from a mid-summer release when it should have been saved for the more "serious" fall movie season. Viewers expected thrills, but instead K-19 delivers cold, hard veracity. Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson play ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
Despite its exciting moments, the film is too long. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
The Cold War isn't exactly a hot ticket right now, but K-19 punches up the timeless aspects of the story -- adventure, danger, teamwork, noble self-sacrifice and two forceful actors butting heads, even if you don't buy them as Russian for a moment. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
It took guts to bring this story to the screen, but at its core it has the wrong stuff. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
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New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)
With uncommon ineptitude even by the standards of contemporary action flicks, Kyle's script submerges the inherently dramatic tale of the K-19 under a pile of clichés, while failing to tell you enough about the characters for their actions to make ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
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The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Liam Neeson, a bit more trained in the methods of acting, doesn't do much better at inspiring sympathy from the audience or at the Russian accent. This is a film of men -- not a single female in the cast -- doing manly things like fixing reactor ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Paramount Pictures pulled a bit of a fast one with K-19. The ads suggest a submarine thriller in the vein of Red October, a crackling two hours locking the haunted Liam Neeson and the steely-eyed Harrison Ford in a tin can together. The reality is a ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Entertainment Weekly
What's really needed is a story with some sizzle, but Bigelow, in K-19, can't seem to decide whether she's making a shoot-the-works underwater rouser, like ''U-571'' or ''Crimson Tide,'' or a lofty historical message movie that hits us with the breaking ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Entertainment Weekly
Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
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Entertainment Insiders (Ed Malinowski)
Considering the infamous submarine movies of the past -- such as Crimson Tide, The Hunt for Red October, and Das Boot -- it becomes perplexing how anything new or innovative can be added to the genre. And while Kathryn Bigelow’s K-19: The Widowmaker is ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Ed Malinowski)
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Screen It! (Jim Judy)
Decent and certainly not a terrible chore to sit through, the film offers some memorable moments. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Screen It! (Jim Judy)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (Gerry Shamray)
K-19 has some rusty spots, though it maintains enough balance to stay on course with a suspenseful dive. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (Gerry Shamray)
Netflix (James Rocchi)
Soviet submarine drama tells a great true story, but lacks depth. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
Ottawa Citizen (Roger Moore)
It's no Das Boot , Crimson Tide or The Enemy Below . But it's no embarrassment, either. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Ottawa Citizen (Roger Moore)
Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
The movie's centrepiece is as close to tour-de-force suspense filmmaking as you'll see anywhere this summer. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Citysearch (Ross Brooks)
Though a capable thriller, somewhere along the way K-19 jettisoned some crucial drama. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Citysearch (Ross Brooks)
Variety (Robert Koehler)
Obediently follows the verities of the submarine movie and its true story origins but without the imagination needed to refresh the genre. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Variety (Robert Koehler)
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
After spending so much time letting the characters' deeds do the talking, the film veers into overkill, which comes as a letdown. But the actions linger longer than the words. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
K-19's determination to push hard for self-congratulatory morals and convenient resolutions undercut the film's strengths and make it more conventional. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Perhaps the post-cold-war attitudes behind this film are progressive, but the same old pre-nuclear-war worship of the military goes all but unchallenged. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Film Threat (David Grove)
A cold war thriller told from the Russian point of view which gives it the appearance of having more credibility and dark truth than if this were an American story. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Film Threat (David Grove)
Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
It's a pretty good sub movie, with some pretty good performances, that, alas, somewhat disintegrates in the last half-hour. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Film Threat (Michael Dequina)
While watchable, skews more toward the drier expectations fostered by that publication's name then the more exciting, explosive ones associated with the genre. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Film Threat (Michael Dequina)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
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Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
The script doesn't give Bigelow enough human stuff to balance the mechanical. For good or ill, like so many other submarine thrillers before it, K-19 is more about the machine than the men. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Jonathan R. Perry)
'... So waterlogged by cliches not even the effortless authority of Harrison Ford or the carefully inflected sympathy of Liam Neeson can keep it afloat.' ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Jonathan R. Perry)
Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
Despite its exciting moments, the film is too long. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
The lead actors come from America, Ireland, Iceland, England and South Africa. Who decided they should attempt Russian accents? Neeson forgets his, Ford wavers in and out, and real Russians in the cast make the others sound inauthentic. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
A worthy but ponderous submarine movie. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Exciting enough for the majority of its 138-minute running time to make for, at the least, a marginally arresting cinematic experience. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Detroit News (Susan Stark)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Despite drawing from one of the most powerful and true stories from the Cold War, K-19 is only moderately moving. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
This isn't a bad movie, just an uninspired one. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
TV Guide (Ken Fox)
The truly heartbreaking sacrifice of a few extraordinarily heroic men is lost under the ponderous score and a series of even heavier speeches. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at TV Guide (Ken Fox)
LA Weekly (John Powers)
K-19 is so unnervingly square that it seems eerily like Party-sanctioned Soviet filmmaking: Its Motherland-loving sailors, myth-making shots of K-19 and displays of heroism are worthy of the Young Lenin Pioneers' Handbook. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at LA Weekly (John Powers)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
K-19: The Widowmaker delivers Hollywood heroics, stock characters and heavy-handed sentimentality in a handsome but repetitive production. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
The movie becomes an American salute to military patriotism, anybody's military patriotism. Think of it as "A Few Good ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"The secret is now out, but I doubt if we saw the true story." ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Remains curiously less compelling than Spock’s big scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Newsday (John Anderson)
A thriller without a lot of thrills. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Newsday (John Anderson)
Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Message movie or an action-packed submarine spectacular? Alas, it's neither. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Daily-Reviews.com (Alex Ostapiej)
Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
A very depressing movie of many missed opportunities. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
USA Today (Mike Clark)
Though this saga would be terrific to read about, it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch. With no genius in sight, K-19 might be headed for meltdown. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at USA Today (Mike Clark)
Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
This sub doesn't sink nor does it rise to the top. An average, often engaging character study of men in a stressful situation. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
This is one of the most machocentric and masochistic movies ever made by a woman. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
While the center of the film is both thrilling and horrifying, what will resonate for anyone old enough to remember is the cautionary thing left unspoken ... ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
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St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
The story hits too many notes we've heard before. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Natural Born Viewers (James Chappell)
Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Within the clutter of accents and heavenly choirs -- Klaus Badelt's score is at times a bit much -- lurks a good story. And, in midsummer, that's often all we can ask for. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
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San Francisco Examiner (Joe Leydon)
Despite the star power, and despite the persuasively rendered specifics of setting, mood and period attitudes, K-19 too often feels like a slow, stately cruise through familiar territory. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Joe Leydon)
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Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
I admired the movie to a degree, but I couldn't escape the feeling that K-19 should have been more than it is. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
The movie, from director Kathryn Bigelow, can't keep track of what course it wants to steer. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
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RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)
It's a military maxim that there is no room for egos on a submarine. Which prompts the question if there's any more room for another military movie set below the waves? ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)
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TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
A passably interesting, Tom Clancy-style thriller. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
ComingSoon.net (Andy Weil)
The film is void of any emotion or tension, making it one of the worst movies to come out this summer. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at ComingSoon.net (Andy Weil)
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At no point during K-19:The Widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that, though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty, courage and dedication to a common goal, never seems to leave the lot. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
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Christopher Kyle is apparently the Will Rogers of screenwriters %u2013 he never met a cliché he didn't like, and he put all of them in this script. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
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This is Ford slumming in conventional trash. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Reno News and Review (Bob Grimm)
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This u-boat doesn't have a captain. ...read the complete K-19: The Widowmaker movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
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