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2016
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The Finest Hours
Positive Reviews
133
Negative reviews
29
Average Rating
3.1
/5
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3.0
Gillespies movie is better than a CG wave demo reel, with some passages of old fashioned entertainment.
Av Club
2.0
While its first act romance has a sweetly nostalgic, Andy Hardy glow, and its high seas action sequences are mildly thrilling, The Finest Hours ultima ..
EW
2.5
For the most part, it is a solid film that bolsters its innately compelling narrative with effectively low key performances, some genuinely thrilling ..
Rogerebert
3.0
It also offers heroic characters overcoming the odds and a superficial, though notable, meditation on life and death.
Common Sense Media
3.0
The disappointing returns for Ron Howards recent seafaring saga In the Heart of the Sea should give the producers pause, but the film certainly offers ..
Variety
3.0
The Finest Hours succeeds most when distracting audiences with relentless determination, which rightfully surges through every character.
We Got This Covered
3.0
Sweetly appealing and Pines rain acting game is strong its a shame that the title tells you exactly how everything turns out.
The Guardian
3.0
Still, this unpretentious drama knows its way.With Bernies plucky fiancee Miriam (Holliday Grainger) waiting ashore and a motley bunch of grunts givin ..
The Guardian
2.5
Relatively surefooted at sea, The Finest Hours founders back on land.
3.1
The Finest Hours is probably the best of a bad bunch of recent releases.
3.0
3D sea rescue tale The Finest Hours is set in 1952 and it sometimes feels as if it was made then too.
Screen Daily
3.0
Even so, the films promise of thrill ride spectacle its going out in a variety of 3D formats should help it ride a strong wave at the box office.
The Hollywood Reporter
3.0
Future audiences will no doubt confuse this particular seafaring disaster with 2000s The Perfect Storm (the two films certainly have a lot in common o ..
3.0
The waterlogged disaster movie The Finest Hours is a moderately gripping whoosh of nostalgia that shamelessly recycles the 50s cliche of the squeaky c ..
The New York Times
3.0
Tucked into the back end of January, long the studios dumping ground for films that dont live up to their potential, The Finest Hours is what is expec ..
Paste Magazine
3.0
Still, Pine and Grainger make for a sweet couple and do have some nice, quiet moments.While the movie does a good job in capturing a sense of the post ..
IGN
3.0
Affleck enlivens it with an unexpected, film elevating performance thats almost like a pastiche of On The Waterfront era Marlon Brando all mumbles, sm ..
Telegraph
4.0
But when his commander decides to send Bernie and three other men (played by Ben Foster, Kyle Gallner and John Magaro) out on a suicidal rescue missio ..
3.8
Watching, we might not know for sure if all the participants will survive until the end of the movie, but we can be sure that the vast majority of the ..
San Francisco Chronicle
3.3
The visuals are a treat, but one that youll have to wait for about an hour into the film to taste.
The Young Folks
2.0
A strong cast and impressive action sequences cant find subtleties or surprises to enliven a rote period disaster movie.
3.5
The Disney real life adventure, THE FINEST HOURS, is a compelling ride.
JoBlo
2.5
Although The Finest Hours avoids coming off as kitschy or schmaltzy with its approach, the film nonetheless relies heavily on inspirational true story ..
Screen Rant
3.8
Theres nothing subtle about The Finest Hours, but much that is satisfying.
The Globe And Mail
3.0
His character is heroic, but in the strong, silent kind of way.Enjoy movies about daring rescues
3.0
Theres nothing radically bad about The Finest Hours, but like its nondescript title, its underwhelming despite the size of those billowing CGI waves.
One Guys Opinion
3.5
But in its story and its storytelling, The Finest Hours exemplifies perseverance.
Village Voice
3.8
I dont want to disappoint nobody..But a NorEaster has blown in, and the tanker Pendleton is in trouble.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.8
With expertly crafted high seas disaster sequences, The Finest Hours feels more like a summer spectacle than a winter throw away.
ReelViews
2.0
In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and liter ..
Blu Ray
3.5
This Disney production does the story justice, though the script suffers from the narrow emotional parameters the studio imposes on its live action dr ..
Chicago Reader
3.1
The Finest Hours definitely gets that point across, but it also leaves a feeling of wanting more.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
The Finest Hours ends with a tribute to the men who performed what is still considered the most daring Coast Guard small boat rescue.
2.5
(Photo: Disney) The rescue drama The Finest Hours rocks the boat in terms of blizzard blitzed sea thrills but leaves you cold with its side love story ..
Usa Today
2.5
The end result is a decent biopic that could and should have been better, with Robbies transformative performance trapped within the confines of an ov ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.5
True American Heroes! Exciting rescue at sea that delivers enough thrills and leaves you soaking wet!
You Tube
3.0
Theres also a touch of Titanic in the way it welds a disaster movie to a romance and its as ruggedly constructed and guilelessly entertaining as its l ..
The Times
2.0
This is truly an amazing tale of survival and an amazing rescue, but the movie does fall short in almost every non rescue scene.
Lariat
2.0
The script simply bristles with clumsiness and bad lines, while Gillespie, a director who has spent his career missing the point, seems more concerned ..
News Review
2.5
Facing monster waves straight out of a disaster movie featuring tidal waves.
Screen It
3.1
But The Finest Hours gets the job done, just like its central character.
Rolling Stone
2.5
Its not enough to describe Dead Man as simply an anti western; its an iconoclastic deconstruction of late 19th Century American values and mores, many ..
Pop Matters
1.5
Some directors can get away with mining old tropes and cliches for their dramatic and entertainment value, but in Gillespies unsure hands, those appro ..
The Wrap
2.5
This should be a riveting story, but The Finest Hours fails to make it so.
News Day
3.0
Its not just the technique of this movie that is resolutely old fashioned.So are its attitudes.
Cs Monitor
3.5
Solid and engaging, The Finest Hours is better than its generic title suggests.
Film Journal
2.5
But the filmmakers couldnt resist manufacturing a shamelessly hokey finish centering on, you guessed it, Miriam.
New York Post
3.8
If youre looking for an uplifting experience at the movie theater, The Finest Hours is a good bet.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
But did it really need to feel like it was made during the Eisenhower era
Az Central
2.0
Real life may have had a happy ending, but the movie should not consider it a foregone conclusion.
1.5
See this for Casey Affleck: he exudes a classic cinematic masculinity here. Alas, the rest of the film is old fashioned in ways that are downright sto ..
3.1
But history often needs more than just the bare facts to make for a satisfying movie.
Toronto Star
3.0
Nevertheless, its atypically modest brand of heroism is enough to guide it confidently home.
Flim List
3.0
While the authenticity and comprehensibility of the actors accents waver, the CGI is impressive, if not immersive.
Susang Ranger
3.8
The Finest Hours is a notable exception, a fact based rescue epic in 3 D with just enough historical research to make it seem like old fashioned enter ..
Observer
3.0
The Martian abandoned this crap altogether; its now nominated for Best Picture.
Flickering Myth
4.5
Review: Fear and Loathing Overcome Fake Waves in The Finest Hours
Time
3.0
THE FINEST HOURS B Rated PG 13.At AMC Loews Boston Common, Regal Fenway Stadium and suburban theaters.
Boston Herald
3.0
While the rescue scenes are exceptionally shot, and the visual effects are quite remarkable, the predictable plot, and its tonal inconsistencies, make ..
The Film Stage
3.8
Happily which is a strange word, given the sloshy adversity challenging the U.S. Coast Guard heroes on screen the new Disney produced adventure drama ..
Chicago Tribune
3.1
The heart of The Finest Hours is in its unfashionable belief that life is precious and duty is to be done.
Boston Globe
3.0
The incident on which Craig Gillespies film is based may have marked the titular finest hour for the historical personages depicted, but everyone invo ..
The Irish Times
5.0
The Finest Hours could have easily taken the path of a stoic flag waver.
Blogs Indie Wire
3.0
Review: The Finest Hours Starring Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Eric Bana, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, And More An old fashioned tale of heroism in th ..
Blogs Indie Wire
3.0
Rescue at sea drama The Finest Hours takes place in 1952, and much of the movie feels like it could have been produced in the same era.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
Too few of Hollywoods recent offerings can boast such a simple throughline and know when to wrap it up, so while it might feel ridiculous to give The ..
The Atlantic
4.0
Thrown in is a real life love story between Bernie and Miriam (Holliday Grainger) that is touching when one learns that it really happened.
Tony Medley
3.8
The final moments are manufactured and false, designed to illicit tears and nothing more.
Movie Freak
2.0
Yet its good intentions are suffocated by its showboat style that favors effects over humanity.
Detroit News
3.0
If youre into action movies or disaster movies, this will appeal to you.
3.1
Shorn of the sea salty language that probably attended the actual events, the 1950s set disaster rescue story The Finest Hours fits the Disney metier ..
Groucho Reviews
3.8
The Finest Hours appreciation of the leave no man behind ethic is refreshing.
Aisle Seat
3.5
Far from perfect, but also far from a waste of your time.Because whatever else we can say, this is a remarkable story of bravery and survival against ..
Forbes
3.0
If this is an audition, then The Finest Hours passes accordingly.
Forbes
3.0
If you need a mid strength shot of maritime heroics set against insanely inclement weather, this simple affair will do just nicely.
Herald Sun
3.0
Is CG stacked filmmaking the new studio backlot style.Take a long look at The Finest Hours.
Consequence Of Sound
3.1
But its mostly a story of the men who sailed those vessels.At least it should be.
Nj
3.0
The movies ocean sequences are good enough to make The Finest Hours an acceptable if not great piece of January entertainment.
Movie Habit
3.0
The stuff onboard the Pendleton is the only part of the movie that remains compelling throughout and it only accounts for a third of the running time.
Vox
3.0
Craig Gillespies latest picture, The Finest Hours is a wannabe sea faring epic has some grand ideas and a lot to get your sea legs going, but feels de ..
Hey U Guys
1.9
The Finest Hours is not nostalgia and not propaganda its a soporific.
Film Freak Central
4.0
This is a by the book disaster rescue saga with elevated moments of drama.
Scroll
4.0
This is a man whos going to do his best while not being certain if it will be good enough.
Maki At The Movies
0.5
In fact, it doesnt really know how to pose as a disaster film, either.
3.0
Other than edge of your seat, death defying nautical action, theres no sex, fruity language or instances of anything too violent, leaving the door ope ..
Cine Vue
3.0
Best bit: Terrific seabound special effects.Worst bit: Old fashioned and cliched.
Mirror
3.5
Its one Disney shouldve borrowed for nautical race against time The Finest Hours a real old fashioned disaster movie.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
2.5
The Finest Hours is a handsome film that captures the era nicely, and tells a remarkable story.
Nz Herald
4.0
The Finest Hours spoke directly to this susceptibility, and I had a grand old time watching it.
Flicks
3.1
Instead, it crafts intensity with visuals that are 100 percent stunning.
Red Eye Chicago
2.0
But it does have solid performances from a game cast, and moments of excitement.
Cleve Land
3.0
Efficient, well crafted and solid to a fault, The Finest Hours might have been made 30 or 70 years ago, and starred Gary Cooper or James Stewart its p ..
Independent Ie
4.0
With its rousing, old fashioned tone, this fact based epic is properly thrilling and inspirational, a tale of heroism that almost seems too good to be ..
Contact Music
3.9
One thing that does make The Finest Hours a little more interesting than your usual disaster of the week movie is that Sybert and his 30 plus peers ha ..
Ar Kansas Online
2.0
Instead, The Finest Hours is a confused mess, a combination of concepts that never come together as a whole.
Film Racket
4.5
The credibility that the high seas scenes show helps to maintain tension.
2.5
But the drama is almost stillborn, thanks to a slow, deadly dull romantic preface, and its subverted by incessant..
Wsj
2.0
What you really want to know is if the movies any good.Well, yes and no. At sea its pretty terrific.
Patriot Ledger
3.5
The Finest Hours is a sensible film, and it seems refreshingly out of step with the full blown antics of most big budget Hollywood numbers.
Scmp
3.8
Its a film brimming to the top with artistic integrity and discipline and style and substance and a retro styled Wow!
2.0
The Finest Hours is based on a great tale but I wouldnt have told it this way.
The Film Pie
4.3
At its core, Mountain Men is a refreshingly heartfelt, warm and tender film.
Nyc Movie Guru
3.5
Given that Disney did not call this movie The Tragic Hours, the conclusion is perhaps not as interesting as the presentation.The Pendleton set is huge ..
Straight
3.0
The Finest Hours is a rousing, old fashioned tale of remarkable heroism and grit.
Movie Web
2.0
A straight up Boys Own adventure yarn, set sincerely and squarely in early 50s New England but gussied up with plenty of 21st century StormWave CGI.A ..
Sandiego Reader
3.5
Theres a better, deeper movie waiting to be made from the subject matter one hopefully without Eric Banas goofy southern accent in a role that the fil ..
Cinemix Tape
3.5
The fault lies in how closely it sticks to a conventional and overplayed narrative style.
Straits Times
3.0
But apart from the spectacular effects of lots of giant crashing waves on a comparatively tiny boat, The Finest Hours has more on its mind as it tells ..
Dead Line
2.0
A technician and resident cucumber cool braniac, Casey Afflecks Ray is not just the crews savior but is played by the only performer doing anything in ..
Metro New York
3.1
Slow sailing Finest Hours waterlogs fact based sea survival tale hello The 36 foot Coast Guard boat heads out to rescue men aboard a sinking oil tanke ..
Daily Herald
3.0
But The Finest Hours cuts between this genuine drama at sea and all the banal niceties on land too often.
Crave Online
3.0
Resonance is another.Without digging deeply enough, The Finest Hours seems content to capture the former while ignoring the latter.
No La
3.5
That meaning seems particularly important to director Craig Gillespie, who stages The Finest Hours like a 1950s war epic.
The Verge
3.5
The Finest Hours is a film in which just about everything goes rightthe production design, the photography, the technical effects.But the movie itself ..
reason
3.0
I found these attempts at humor to be completely humorless, stunned that DeNiro or Efron would agree to be a part of this.
Bowling Green Daily News
3.5
And it is a fine little movie.Sure, its kind of hokey and old fashioned, but it holds together and is more engaging than not.
Lainey Gossip
3.1
That said, if ever a picture deserves to be described as immersive, The Finest Hours is that picture.
Seattle Times
0.5
The Finest Hours will win over the most cynical viewers if the studio can persuade them to see it.
Film Journal International ..
2.5
The only element missing is a monstrous, Jules Verne approved squid to drag various seamen to their watery graves some 20,000 leagues under the sea.
Clclt
5.0
It just takes something special to make a film in this genre stand out.
Fresh Fiction
2.0
The problems with The Finest Hours arent technical, but there are only so many crashing waves one can watch before it grows tiresome.
3.0
But it didnt.It tweaked and twisted those facts and added hokey, hammy stuff that never happened.
Seven Day Svt
3.5
The characters and actors have much better chemistry, and the story moves with a good pace.
Fat Guys At The Movies
3.1
Its a nice reminder that this all happened more than 60 years ago.
National Post
3.0
In its unceasing crusade to glorify real American heroes, Hollywood has to head back more than sixty years to celebrate four coast guardsmen who pulle ..
Sky
5.0
The Finest Hours feels great because it is modest...This makes the film a study in humanism as well as citizenship...It is a nostalgic cultural memoir ..
National Review
2.0
Chris Pine plays captain once again, but this is no space odyssey.Here, he drops his cocky Captain Kirk persona for unassuming US Coast Guardsman Bern ..
The New Paper
3.0
Based on the true story of a heroic 1952 U.S. Coast Guard rescue, The Finest Hours is a resolutely old fashioned movie.
Winnipeg Free Press
3.0
The compass is out, theres no communication, and yet somehow Webbers crew finds the Pendleton.
Movie Mom
3.0
In 1952, a violent storm split the oil tanker SS Pendleton in half off the coast of Cape Cod.
Daily Star
3.5
This may very well be the least 3D movie of any 3D movie Ive ever seen.
Media Mikes
3.0
In the end, The Finest Hours is a meat and potatoes rescue story.
Toronto Sun
5.0
The Finest Hours is an apt title for this incredible tale of a daring sea rescue in 1952.
Qc Times
3.0
You could skip the entire first hour of this 117 minute film and not miss anything important. That is fatal.
Fw Weekly
2.5
The Finest Hours basks in that warm nostalgia and its tale of a pure and simplistic heroism.
Columbus Alive
2.5
If this is indeed one of the greatest rescues in Coast Guard history, then its cinematic equivalent deserves the same.
Blog Bullz Eye
3.1
What keeps Finest Hours afloat is its appreciation for honor, sacrifice and humility.
Hollywood Into To
2.5
What keeps The Finest Hours afloat, so to speak, is the fact that its inspired by real life events this in itself gives the plot a sense of gravitas.
Cairo 360
2.5
The Finest Hours prides itself on its historical accuracy, but as usual, the MPAA keeps things from being entirely fine.
Sf Weekly
3.8
That being said, The Finest Hours is a modest and commendable achievement.
Johnhanlon Reviews
1.5
The Finest Hours, based on an actual event, should have been edge of the seat suspenseful, but it is not.
Kaplan Vs Kaplan
3.8
Somehow The Finest Hours manages to be both a digital heavy 21st century effects picture and an old fashioned Hollywood flick.
Heral
2.5
Theres simply very little reason to get excited about let alone purchase a ticket for the earnestly square, real life rescue drama The Finest Hours.
Review Journal
2.0
Has its heart in the right place but is sunk by earnestness and mannered presentation.
Richard Crouse
3.0
Two fine hours of adventure but as the films grim faced Cape Codders might say, Bring a slickah.
Aarp
3.1
Craig Gillespie directs this dramatization of a real life 1952 Coast Guard rescue mission with an old fashioned sense of honor for the story and digni ..
MLive.com
3.1
The Finest Hours is a true account of heroism told simply and efficiently.
The Film File
3.0
As exciting as it can be, the rest of the movie, chiefly the human side of things, falls flat on its face and offers little of interest.
2.5
This clam chowder winter drama wont win any awards, but it does stand as a rousing Hollywood salute to a little known incident in nautical history and ..
Parade
1.5
The picture embraces old fashioned values and a little schmaltz in its portrait of decent men going above and beyond the call of duty.
L.A. Biz
3.0
Pine, Bana, and Affleck have done fine work before but The Finest Hours is not their finest hours.
Showbiz Junkies
3.8
Its occasionally hokey, but the sturdy cast and exciting true story more than compensate. ***
Twin Cities
3.0
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Enfil Me
3.0
The Finest Hours spreads itself thin with disparate subplots, but it has enough good stuff to talk through with teen viewers afterward.
Chesapeake Family
3.5
The film needs something to make it stand out and not just be another Disney movie, which is exactly what it is, and thats not necessarily a bad thing ..
3.1
Hollywood uses the phrase based on so that it can amplify the story as needed. Its a valiant effort, but it never fully rescues the film.
Fres Nobee
2.5
Despite all the intense heroics, The Finest Hours is rather distant and clinical. It lacks emotional resonance and any really big moments that sweep y ..
Reel Bob
4.5
The Finest Hours manages to come close, evoking a remarkable amount of tension from a combination of digital imagery and practical sets, but it still ..
3.8
The movie is pure, satisfying old school Hollywood melodrama; take out the thrilling CGI effects, and it could have been released in theaters on the e ..
Host Madison
3.0
In Gillespies less experienced hands, the movie gets bogged down in visual cliches and obvious manipulations.
1.5
In the long history of movies about military heroes, very few, if any, concern the Coast Guard. So its kind of a shame that the film adaptation of the ..
Memphis Flyer
3.0
As an escapist action movie, The Finest Hours is perfectly fine but as a heartfelt drama about heroes who risk everything to save a stranger The Fines ..
Ex Press
3.5
Even if its a by the numbers film, The Finest Hours will still keep you on the edge of your seat and thats a great accomplishment on its own.
Konexión
5.0
A visually captivating and remarkably moving recreation of what, to this day, remains the most daring Coast Guard rescue on record.
Baret News Wire
3.0
The film is a reconstruction of the real case of an epic rescue in high seas that is as entertaining as effective.
4.5
Modern techniques make the storm and ocean merciless and imposing, but the films stars are its story and the actors portraying these real life men and ..
The Daily Times (Tennessee ..
5.0
From the first gentle meeting of its hero and heroine to the last line of dialogue, The Finest Hours executes all the traditional moves beautifully.
Charlotte Observer
1.5
Pine, Affleck and the rest of the character actor heavy cast try to instill these characters with nuance and doubt, but ultimately a heavy handed fina ..
Sd City Beat
3.0
Its an incredibly bloodless affair, and the ending is so protracted and full of pointless, long stares that I was absolutely itching for the thing to ..
2.5
This is old fashioned, corny filmmaking, with all of the emotional beats and crescendos you would expect.
Baltimore Magazine
4.0
If you like action adventure films but just may be tired of endless fantastical superhero movies with the same basic story line, littered with explosi ..
Ncr Online
3.1
The Finest Hours may not be the finest film of the year, but it might just leave you a little wistful, not just for the past, but for the sort of movi ..
Sandiego Union Tribune
2.5
This isnt director Craig Gillespies (Million Dollar Arm) first foray into true event storytelling, but it is his most ambitious one so far.
Movies With Mae
2.0
The action is big and bold and in your face; the melodrama shouldnt be.
Franks Reel Reviews
3.1
As you can imagine, The Finest Hours is the ultimate, cliche filled, inspirational, feel good story about people facing insurmountable odds to do the ..
Dcw50
3.0
The Finest Hours still provides enough interest to keep it afloat.
Cinema Clips
4.5
Based on a heroic true story, The Finest Hours is realistically terrifying (thanks to impressive special effects and score), but also a miraculous fea ..
3.5
Rescues at sea, New England accents, maritime clichs ... whats not to love
Nuvo
3.0
The Finest Hours... splits in two much like the wounded vessel at its heart. Theres the film thats set on the sea and much of that is pretty terrific. ..
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/D ..
3.0
The pace of the movie slows down at times, but you wont notice once the action kicks in, making it very enjoyable. Full review in Spanish
Cinema Movi L
2.5
Bernies quest carries the most tension and dramatic weight.The special effects are solid, but the post production 3 D job does nothing to enhance the ..
Entertainment Sun Times
2.5
It was nicely sentimental for the Coast Guardsmen to sing one chantey outbound for reassurance.
Mavens Nest
1.5
Like the sea itself, is uneven and choppy at certain points, and its at its worst when its ashore ... Even the direction seems eager to get to the oce ..
The Script Lab
4.5
For family film lovers that dont look for too complex characters. This rescue film is about brotherhood and love promises.
Siete24.mx
0.5
The Finest Hours isnt a wordy film by any means, but when its salty silence beats back the droning melodrama, you can hear its core cry out for its co ..
Oklahoma Gazette
1.5
Great special effects but no one showed one sign of being in a blizzard. Unnecessary love story is laughable.
2.5
It would be easy to call it old fashioned, but classical Hollywood flicks were more entertaining than this damp tale.
Duluth News Tribune
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