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    The Perfect Storm

    PG-132000 · Thriller · 2h 9m

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  1. Jun 30, 2000 · At 129 minutes, "The Perfect Storm" delivers the goods but little human insight. Advertisement. The film's best scenes are more or less without dialogue, except for desperately shouted words. They are about men trapped in a maelstrom of overpowering forces. They respond heroically, because they must, but they are not heroes; their motivation is ...

  2. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Based on a true story, the film tells of the courageous men and women who risk their lives every working day, pitting their fishing boats and rescue vessels against ...

    • (137)
    • Wolfgang Petersen
    • PG-13
    • George Clooney
  3. Our review: Parents say ( 3 ): Kids say ( 9 ): The special effects and the action scenes are excellent, but this film fails in many ways. It's very hard to make a good book into a good movie, even a good book that seems inherently cinematic, as this one does, with all its swirling winds and crashing waves. The dialogue is corny, with lines like ...

    • Warner Bros.
    • Wolfgang Petersen
  4. Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 27, 2023. Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault. For all its technical advances, "The Perfect Storm" can’t do what Junger did: make you feel what it’s like ...

  5. Jun 30, 2000 · May 11, 2011. The Perfect Storm is movie based on a true story, about a skipper (captain) and his crew of a sword fishing boat going out and fishing in one of the worst storms to hit New England. The crew goes through trials of will and character when many things go wrong on the boat throughout the trip. The movie is based off a true story that ...

    • (36)
    • Wolfgang Petersen
    • PG-13
    • 2 min
  6. The film is set in October 1991 when the swordfishing boat Andrea Gail returns. The owner Bob Brown (Michael Ironside) taunts Captain Billy Tyne (George Clooney) because he and his team had a poor catch. Desperate, Tyne and his crew go to sea for having one more fishing expedition before the season is over.

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  8. Movie Review. This fine adaptation of Sebastian Junger’s best-selling book spins a harrowing man-against-nature yarn based on actual events. In October 1991, three separate storm fronts converging off the Eastern seaboard created a rare and devastating meteorological phenomenon—a “perfect storm.”

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