The Perfect Storm Critic Reviews

'Titanic'' was a case of a cheeseball story riding terrific effects. The Perfect Storm is in every important way deeper.Read the full review

A well-crafted example of a film of pure sensation. I do not mind admitting I was enthralled.Read the full review

As a movie, this is exciting stuff.Read the full review

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 full review

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 full review

So much water. Such a dramatic washout.Read the full review

Petersen gives us monumental images of waves and rain and wind, but the editing is so choppy that the images don't build and crest.Read the full review

The yarn's emotional undercurrents never take hold, resulting in a picture that leaves one thinking less about the fates of the characters than about how the actors had to spend most of their working days soaking wet.Read the full review

The Perfect Storm is no "Titanic."Read the full review