Critic Reviews
Perfect Storm, The (2000) Rank 2 Reviews
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Kino (Alessandro Bencivenni)
Reel.com (Mary Kalin-Casey)
DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
By the time you're finished, you may be as waterlogged as the actors. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Movie Marshal (Gary Stevens)
Projectionist (Sean Caszatt)
Film.com (Robert Horton)
The storm is the reason to see the movie. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Film.com (Robert Horton)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Has noticeable problems with characterization and dialogue. But once that awesome storm ... gets cranked up, it's hard to remember what those difficulties were, let alone care too much about them. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Mike Bracken's Horror Films (Mike Bracken)
Supercala.com (John Venable)
The story could've told itself in a compelling way without invented drama. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Supercala.com (John Venable)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Overall, the book is a far more rewarding experience than the movie. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Film Threat (Susannah Breslin)
The perfect example, of how the newest visual effects movies have the capacity to overwhelm everything -- from actors to plotlines -- except in the end, maybe, their audiences. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Film Threat (Susannah Breslin)
CritiChick.com: THE PERFECT STORM
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Petersen gives us monumental images of waves and rain and wind, but the editing is so choppy that the images don't build and crest. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Moviola (Jorge G. Avila Andrade)
El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
El director Wolfgang Petersen ha demostrado varias veces su diestro manejo de las herramientas cinematográficas para crear suspenso en situaciones creÃbles, dirigiendo con pericia a buenos actores y en general añadiendo un leve toque intelectual al ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
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Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
Xi-online (René Glas)
NandoNext (Joseph Scott)
DVD Talk (Adam Tyner)
Time (Richard Corliss)
What's true about The Perfect Storm is true of many effects epics: it's not a bad movie, except for the people. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Time (Richard Corliss)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
I do not like boats. I get seasick. I hate being on the water. As it turns out, I'm starting to dislike movies about boats, too. They also make me seasick.The Perfect Storm is a movie about a boat, the Andrea Gail, a swordfishing boat (or "swordboat& ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
...the storm effects are the best you’ve ever seen bar none, but the story and characters fall far short of the effects... ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
An excruciatingly deafening, agonizing rusty nail of a movie. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Boston Herald (James Verniere)
Mr. Showbiz (Kevin Maynard)
But jaw-dropping trailer aside, there isn't much movie here. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Mr. Showbiz (Kevin Maynard)
Film.com (John Hartl)
Big effects; threadbare story. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Film.com (John Hartl)
The New Zealand Herald
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Detroit News (Susan Stark)
Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Rains on its own parade. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Variety (Todd McCarthy)
The yarn's emotional undercurrents never take hold, resulting in a picture that leaves one thinking less about the fates of the characters than about how the actors had to spend most of their working days soaking wet. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
The Perfect Storm is no ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Not terrible, but distinctly disappointing, not nearly as engaging or thrilling as its premise seems to promise. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Film.com (Tom Keogh)
Once at sea, The Perfect Storm collapses in a heap of spectacle and a dubious piling-on of scary incidents. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Film.com (Tom Keogh)
Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)
It may have been the perfect storm, but this is the imperfect movie. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)
LA Weekly (Manohla Dargis)
The whole thing is kitsch of the most pricey sort, and it's a good guess that it will be a smash. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at LA Weekly (Manohla Dargis)
Film Threat (Ron Wells)
In the end, all the audience is left with is the feeling that you're really glad not to be a fisherman. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Film Threat (Ron Wells)
Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Its spectacular special effects threaten to swallow characters whole, and there are times when overwrought and clumsy dialogue... nearly pitch you right out of the movie's mood. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
A sense of reality is essential, and it's sorely lacking. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
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ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)
TheWorldJournal.com (Giancarlo De Lisi)
Many Hollywood insiders have stated that in the future movies will star entirely computer-generated characters. I sincerely hope that they are not as boring as this character. The character in question is this tremendous tidal wave that has audiences ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at TheWorldJournal.com (Giancarlo De Lisi)
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