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Kursk
PG13 (SINGAPORE)
2018
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Negative reviews
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Average Rating
3.1
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2.0
But director Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt), usually so good at stripping his characters down to their barest states, doesnt feel like a good fit for th ..
Time Out
3.0
Instead, its largely a waiting game, a tale of dutiful heroes and dithering officials.
Screen Daily
3.0
As a film, Kursk could have wound up much worse, though it has uneven visual effects and goes in for some frankly puzzling decisions, such as a bizarr ..
Telegraph
4.0
his is a punchy and poignant piece of film making from Vinterberg.
The Times
4.5
But a test torpedo explodes, leaving the sub stranded on the bottom of the Barents Sea.
Shadows On The Wall
4.0
Its a striking, heartfelt performance and marks some of her best work to date.
The Guardian
3.0
Its dismal, unfunny fare, made downright offensive by some pretty brutal violence.
Daily Mail
4.0
As for Firth, hes perfectly good but, through no fault of his own, comes close to unbalancing the story. Sometimes a lesser star is more.
Daily Mail
4.5
Kursk brings attention to a tragedy that gained minimal coverage in a powerful burst of courage. A film with gripping scenes of camaraderie and vital ..
Film Inquiry
1.5
Script wise, its standard disaster movie shenanigans (a Poseidon Adventure style hold your breath swim told in one long epic take) with a little bit o ..
Empire
3.0
Its all perfectly watchable but hampered by cliche and a feeling of a filmmaking team treading so carefully they struggle to leave a mark.
Eye For Film
1.5
Little does he realize hes about to make history of a different sort.
Hollywood Reporter
2.5
Here, the cross borders casting is a distraction that robs the tale of believable specificity and stakes.
Hollywood Reporter
2.5
For many of us of an impressionable age and frame of mind in the year 2000, the Kursk submarine disaster occupies a uniquely chilling part of the imag ..
Variety
2.2
And frankly, no kind of catharsis ever arrives and the movie totally whiffs the fundamentally crucial element of suspense that drives the movie.
The Play List
3.0
While Kursk doesnt have the sufficient depth required for a truly effective historical drama it certainly works as a well mounted and occasionally gri ..
Cine Vue
1.5
Thomas Vinterberg reconstructs the K 141 Kursk submarine disaster but throws in a few too many gimmicks.
Lw Lies
2.0
Vinterberg appears to be aiming for prestige drama but does not pull it off.
Lw Lies
1.5
What isnt up for debate here is, that in August 2000, a Russian naval exercise in the Barents Sea went tragically awry when one of their three submari ..
Stuff
4.5
Vinterberg gets some solid performances out of this international cast of actors.
Solzy At The Movies
3.5
Koreas Lee Chang dong (Secret Sunshine, Poetry) creates epic stories that are also rich on closely observed, intimate detail.Burning, which is adapted ..
Original Cin
4.5
I always find it difficult to write about a submarine movie without writing about submarine movies as a genre.
Battleship Pretension
4.5
This is a survival tale where we already know they dont survive; its thoughtful, grim, and, considering we know the outcome, impressively tense.
Caution Spoilers
3.5
The tragedy of what took place underwater is what resonates here, as well as the repugnant behavior of those who refused to help.
Enfil Me
4.5
The Command is a taut, tension filled movie, with all actors giving committed performances.
World Socialist Web Site
4.5
The editing maintains a thrilling pace that director Thomas Vinterberg skilfully uses to grip the audience as the film moves towards its inevitable co ..
Digital Journal
1.5
It resulted in a warm film proposal that could have been more dramatic and visually striking.
Excelsior
4.5
Part race against time, part political drama, Kursk: The Last Mission is a meticulously made and cutely paced disaster movie.
Backseat Mafia
3.2
Its these complex elements that elevate the film beyond a mere showcase for a thrilling drama.
Dork Shelf
1.5
These recreations often times serve to shed light on ways to react and to proceed in the face of a catastrophe. And in this respect, The Command falls ..
Letras Libres
0.5
Having told the truth would have given greater relevance to what is simply an elusive entertainment product.
La Jornada
4.5
The Command is a dark movie, despairing, but righteously so. You feel its frustration
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