The Finest Hours
Directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures, The Finest Hours is about one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.
22 October 1986, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
4 January 1961, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
29 October 1980, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
December 31, 2016
The Disney "based on a true story" course is tried and true, and the end result is a movie that never manages much excitement or tension, despite trying so earnestly you almost root for it.
December 05, 2016
Not a truly great film, but a really nice one.
January 29, 2016
A remarkable tale, confusingly told. Impressive storm sequences and a very good Pine almost save the day.
August 18, 2016
An entertaining film that can be inspiring at some points. [Full review in Spanish]
January 29, 2016
It feels like a parody of a prestige film, like one of the fake Oscar trailers in "Tropic Thunder."
February 01, 2016
Too few of Hollywood's recent offerings can boast such a simple throughline and know when to wrap it up.
January 29, 2016
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.
January 29, 2016
Maybe it's just the History Channel junkie in me, but I would much rather be seeing a documentary about this mission than a trumped-up drama featuring brand-name actors and CGI squalls.
December 12, 2016
The movie's ocean sequences are good enough to make The Finest Hours an acceptable -- if not great -- piece of January entertainment.
August 02, 2016
The Coast Guard gets its big-screen opportunity with The Finest Hours. Its great effects work well to accompany some solid performances.
February 04, 2016
I expected nothing special and wound up being thoroughly exhilarated.
November 15, 2016
The crews of the Pendleton and of the CG-36500, which rescued them, demonstrated formidable courage and ingenuity in coming out of the devastating nor'easter alive. These folks deserve more than a middling January release.
