U-571 Critic Reviews

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

You can enjoy U-571 as a big, dumb war movie without a brain in its head.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

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

A rip-roaring action adventure.Read the full review

Two hours of nonstop, nail-biting tension and anxiety.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

The submarine goes deep but the story never does in U-571, a good old-fashioned WWII picture that is exciting in only the most superficial way.Read the full review