U-571 Critic Reviews

Two hours of nonstop, nail-biting tension and anxiety.Read the full review

When the submarine has to dive 400 meters beneath the surface to avoid detection, you can practically feel the water pressure crushing in on the sailors.Read the full review

A rip-roaring action adventure.Read the full review

Gets high marks for tension and excitement.Read the full review

The real star of U-571 is its sheer visceral atmosphere.Read the full review

It pulps you, but it doesn't enlighten you.Read the full review

Never lets down, even if depth of character always takes second place to depth charges.Read the full review

Yet there is so little characterization that when the sub goes down, you may find yourself confused as to which of the supporting cast members lived through the torpedo blast.Read the full review

One would be hard-pressed to name another submarine movie that lingers so little in the memory two days after seeing it.Read the full review