The Perfect Storm (2000)
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. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute details of the fishing boats, their gear and the weather are juxtaposed with the sea adventure. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Wolfgang Petersen
Written By: William D. Wittliff, Sebastian Junger
Starring: Michael Ironside, Christopher McDonald, John C. Reilly, George Clooney, John Hawkes, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Bob Gunton, Mark Wahlberg, Karen Allen, Cherry Jones, Allen Payne
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Action, Adventure
Country: USA
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The Perfect Storm belongs to 27 collections
1. Films available in HD (collaborative: moderated by kubricksucks - 13 stars)
2. #1 at the US Box Office (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 10 stars)
3. U.S. Box office over 150 million (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 5 stars)
4. Top 3000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 5 stars)
5. Disaster (collaborative: moderated by iceblox - 4 stars)
6. 1990s period film (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
7. All-Time Worldwide Box Office over $200,000,000 (collaborative: moderated by QuickyAPI - 3 stars)
8. Seafaring (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 2 stars)
9. Natural Disaster (collaborative: moderated by iceblox - 2 stars)
10. Fishing (collaborative: moderated by Dunstan-xxx - 2 stars)
11. Top 2000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 2 stars)
12. Sea Films (collaborative: moderated by DougCollins - 1 star)
13. ocean: monster waves [fiction] (collaborative: moderated by livelove - 1 star)
14. man vs ocean (collaborative: moderated by livelove - 1 star)
15. one location: ship (collaborative: moderated by livelove - 1 star)
16. Amazon Prime Latam (collaborative: moderated by Roman_Herbom - 1 star)
17. IMDB Ratings (collaborative: moderated by notyou)
18. James Horner (composer) (collaborative: moderated by djross)
19. Mind blowing collection (collaborative: moderated by hakkanarejo)
20. Films financed partly by DoD (collaborative: moderated by Roman_Herbom)
21. Single-Set Productions (collaborative: moderated by Deutscher)
22. Mwgerb - Seen but Unrated (public: mwgerb)
23. 2000: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
24. Seen in Theater (public: virtualbub)
25. My Movie Collection (public: elhenzo)
26. SEEN IN CINEMA (public: wicked치킨)
27. seen in 2021 (public: sproost)
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BeeDub | 78 39th |
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Has the happiest ending since Reservoir Dogs.
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MartinTeller | 33 3rd |
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Paint-by-numbers dreck with terrible dialogue that hits all the familiar plot points and emotional beats. I knew I was in trouble when the ragtag team of working-class heroes cranked up the rock n' roll and had a "gettin' to work" montage. This sinking ship is buoyed only by Clooney's charisma, but even that gets drowned out by Horner's schmaltzy score. And why even bother saying "based on a true story" when at least 80% of it is pure conjecture? The special effects are very convincing,
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zapfdingbat | 20 7th |
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This is a sappy sack of crap. There are so many contrived moments that are supposed to pull at your heart strings it makes me want to barf. Adding to that the fact that this is supposed to be based on a true story bothers me too, since everything from the point of these guys leaving the harbor is pure conjecture. Great job with the shotgun and the shark, guys.
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fabfunk | 38 26th |
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Overheated melodrama nonsense, with a capable cast mouthing pallid true-story dialogue. A rare Clooney misstep.
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nandorizzi | 50 36th |
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It is a good cast and has an interesting character development. On the boat, the tragic scenes seem endless and ends not so impactful.
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| 1 | DVicknabb | 20 10th |
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Complete and utter crap.
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Neonman | 82 69th |
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Better than I expected in tension and effects. Some of the character introductions are stock and uninteresting (they don't even bother with the black guy), but once on the boat, we're then treated to their varying relationships and how they operate throughout the increasingly hostile sea conditions, resulting in genuine tension that you'd expect from a disaster film. The effects hold up at about 85%, due to limiting the CGI in darkness and combining it with very wet in-camera techniques.
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spleen | 66 33rd |
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What starts out slow quickly intensifies when these guys start..fishing. Sigh. Maybe it's the sappy cornball storyline or possibly James Horner's melodramatic score, but I felt like I was watching a blue-collar ocean-bound version of "Apollo 13" (or "Perfect Space").
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| 1 | johnshaft | 65 34th |
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Great special effects and some good performances in an all right film that is on fine footing in terms of suspense but fails from a dramatic stand point.
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FrederikA | 35 12th |
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I don't care how big that wave is. It's not worth the hours of horrid melodrama to get there...
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glumpy_99 | 76 48th |
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Soggy disaster film gets a passing mark for the terrific action direction of Clooney & co.'s terrifying voyage through the storm, but an overly cluttered landscape dilutes the tension (especially during the "lighter" moments); the behind-the-scenes at the Weather Channel (!) and the simultaneous efforts of the rescue team with *another* boat could have been dealt with in strategic exposition drops. A veneer of cloying sentimentality doesn't help matters, especially in the establishing scenes.
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| Average Percentile 36.4% from 5440 Ratings |  |