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Perfect Storm, The (2000) Rank 3 Reviews
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Baltimore City Paper (Ian Grey)
San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)
San Francisco Examiner (Wesley Morris)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
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Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Nearly a perfect film ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
As a movie, this is exciting stuff. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
txreviews.com (Curtis Edmonds)
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THE WEEKLY MOVIE REVIEW
filmcritic.com unloads on The Perfect Storm
Cineclub-Filmkritik
UTK Daily Beacon (Jeff Haws)
artechock (Ruediger Suchsland)
Hochhausmächtig türmen sich die Wellen auf, grauschwarzes Wasser, pfeilschnell peitschende Windböen, schäumende See - dies ist das Szenario eines "perfekten Sturm", des unangefochtenen Hauptdarstellers in diesem Film. Den Zuschauer zieht es rasch ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at artechock (Ruediger Suchsland)
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DVD Review e-zine
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debut when it was first released. Eager to see how it translates to HD-DVD I popped in the disc, but I quickly realized that something went terribly wrong here…
Based on real events, "The Perfect Storm" tells the story of the Andrea Gail and its ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at DVD Review e-zine
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Reviews on the Side (Steven Lekowicz)
MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
CultureDose.net (John Nesbit)
Home Theater Info (Doug MacLean)
Film Monthly (Wayne Case)
CultureDose (Laurie Edwards)
Hollywood Jesus Visual Review
The DVD Bits (Damian Madden)
The Perfect Storm tells the true story of the crew of the Andrea Gail, a fishing boat from the town of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The crew, under the command of Billy Tyne (George Clooney), have had a poor season and are eager to make one last ditch ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at The DVD Bits (Damian Madden)
MovieMaze (Thomas Straßer)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Get ready to hang on. We're in for a wild ride. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Think of something with the heart and soul of a Conrad yarn, yet buttressed by very special effects and shrewdly packaged for devotees of the Outdoor Living Network ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
This is one summer movie that is more about human drama. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Packs a cinematic wallop during its best sequences. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
The movie is a technical marvel, with scenes of rampaging nature that approximate ominous visual poetry. But dramatically, the ambitious film is hollow. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
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Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
The problem with The Perfect Storm is that while its roiling collision of weather systems is pulled off with cinematic deftness, the actors who stand there getting lashed and splashed don't have anything terribly interesting to say. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
eFilmCritic.com (Andrew Howe)
Drags the viewer, willingly or not, into the heart of the action. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Andrew Howe)
San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)
Does about as good a job of simulating that terror as it possibly could, but it's no competition for what we create in our mind's eye while reading. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Unabashedly designed to blow its audience away. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Petersen's speculative reenactment makes for gripping summer entertainment -- if you don't mind a little corn floating in your brine. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Chad Polenz
Take all the action and adventure of a guy's summer popcorn flick and combine it with all the teary drama of a sensitive, autumn Oscar-contender and that's what you've got with "The Perfect Storm." It's the story of a small New England fishing boat and ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Chad Polenz
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Dive right in if you're looking for an old-fashioned entertainment that delivers corny romance, turbulent action, and enough wave-churning seascapes to make "Titanic" seem landlocked. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
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Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
NY Rock
Put Titanic and Twister in a computerized editing blender and what do you get? The Perfect Storm. It's a wistful, yet waterlogged, tribute to the fishermen of Gloucester, New England and the over 10,000 sailors whose lives have been lost at sea since the ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at NY Rock
Edward Johnson-Ott
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
CinemaSense.Com: Movie Reviews of the Heart
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Based on real events that happened back in 1991, and chronicled in Sebastian Junger's bestseller, this is a mostly speculative account of what happened on board a fishing vessel in the North Atlantic which past through one of the nastiest storms ever. It' ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Does any man know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours? - Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" I can still recall the power and fury of the storm now, nearly nine years after it struck - the rain playing a ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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Jump Cut. Magazin für Film und Kritik
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
The Phantom Tollbooth
Triviana Reviews 4.5 stars
Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
It's 1991 in the seaside city of Gloucester, MA, and Andrea Gail Captain Billy Tyne (George Clooney) has just returned from another disappointing fishing run on the big seas. In dire need of money, he and his crew, including Bobby (Mark Wahlberg), Murph ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
3 Black Chicks ("The Diva")
Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
In Film Australia
Urban Cinefile (Andrew L. Urban)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
This is a solid, heart-pounding movie filled with action, FX, drama, courage and tragedy. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Well Rounded Entertainment (Peter G. Helfrich)
It succeeds well enough, if far from perfectly. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Well Rounded Entertainment (Peter G. Helfrich)
B Fatt. & Lazy Movie Reviews
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Has noticeable problems with characterization and dialogue. But once that awesome storm, one of the most terrifying ever put on film, 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)
Newsweek (David Ansen)
Impersonal Hollywood filmmaking at its most paradoxical. It keeps you glued to your seat, and leaves no aftertaste whatsoever. ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)
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newenglandfilm.com review
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Dave's Other Movie Log Review
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Mixed Reviews: The Arts, The World, and More (Jill Cozzi)
Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
The stick-figure people in the script haven't the slightest chance of making an impression, and you're more excited at the prospect of the next big ...read the complete Perfect Storm movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
eye WEEKLY (Catharine Tunnacliffe)
Light Views, Reviews & Previews (John Larsen)
Rambles: Tom Knapp
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