SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

gmppp this movie is nothing to write home about...the acting is bad given the cast, but the special effects are pretty good. I had to laugh at the part where the captain had to torch cut the stabilizing anchor, pretty outlandish stuff. That's the problem with movies based on true stories. We don't know what happened out there to these people and it's a sad story, but adding outlandish dramatizations? does it work or take-away from it? This is the problem with the 1.5-2 hour movie time-frame, not very substantive, cheap and fast.... I especially had to laugh at the part where the captain finally declares that it's time to turn around...really? And I can't help wondering why they didn't divert to Newfoundland and wait the storm out? A little to late don't you think? If they had any notions that there was a hurricane brewing or, as the film implied, a broken ice machine where they had to get back or lose their catch, they could have gone to Newfoundland to make some other arrangements. It's an okay movie...but that's about it.

juneebuggy The Fall of 1991, the "Andrea Gail" left Gloucester, Mass and headed for the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic. Two weeks later, an event took place that had never occurred in recorded history.I caught this on TV the other night, its been a few years since I've seen it now and I'd forgotten about all the wonderful side stories and the lead up to the actual "perfect storm." The girlfriends and family back home at the Crows Nest bar, "Marian" on the sailboat, the weather channel dude and the coast guard rescue.Still a great movie 10 years on, superb special effects and a thrilling story even though parts of it were a bit over the top (Clooney with the welders torch on the teeter-tottering stabilizer?!) and the fact that every little incident explained in the book is used in a single trip here (sharks, man overboard, etc.) Still it makes for a gripping ride and the ensuing battle getting the Andrea Gail through the storm is amazing. The ending makes me cry every single time, and this was no exception. I might just have to read Sabastian Ungers book again, I remember it being really good too. 04.28.14

orourkec-292-269155 I really enjoyed Perfect Storm and I thought it was a thrillingly mesmerizing and suspenseful ride from beginning to end. What I'm particularly glad about having experienced from this movie is that I was able to feel the waves, waves splashing against the boat and the rain and felt as if I was in the middle of it all. A few other great things from this movie include the fact that the acting is excellent, that the film doesn't drive away from some of the characters' personal conflicts and problems, that you could feel the American essence in this movie and that the computerized waves are visually well designed and dark and designed in such a way that you can feel as if you were close to them. One flaw however is that the movie focuses a bit too much on the action and lacks any felt dramatization during the big main middle parts of the film's viewing. That's the one crucial element that I felt the movie was badly missing, unfortunately. Nevertheless the movie's positive points that I've listed in my review manage to save the day completely for me. My rating: 7.5/10

SnoopyStyle Captain Billy Tyne (George Clooney) is struggling with a string of bad results. Others like Linda Greenlaw (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) are outfishing him. His crew is also struggling and they risk to go further than all the others. When their refrigeration goes, they either sit out the storms and lose their catch, or make a dash home through the Perfect Storm.The drama isn't really there. We all know what's going to happen. Wolfgang Peterson doesn't really give us any surprises, but quite frankly, I don't think he had any surprises to give. The background family stories aren't anything imaginative. He probably should have treated this like other disaster movies. Get to the disaster and have some action fun. It takes too long to get to the disaster.