The Perfect Storm: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Susan Wloszczyna USA Today (Top Critic)

63

Soggy, cardboard-thin cliches
Full Review » 12 years ago
Steven Rosen Denver Post (Top Critic)

It's not perfect -- nor even predominately successful -- with storytelling and character development.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Peter Rainer New York Magazine (Top Critic)

The audience, with good reason, is much more conflicted in the end about this voyage than the crew, and so we are put in the unfortunate position of feeling superior to these men.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

50

Much of the exposition, however, is assaultively clumsy.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

It isn't a very good movie.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Geoff Pevere Toronto Star (Top Critic)

A marvellously evocative volume of nonfiction storytelling has been reduced to the phoniest kind of computer-generated images.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

88

Think of something with the heart and soul of a Conrad yarn, yet buttressed by very special effects and shrewdly packaged for devotees of the Outdoor Living Network
Full Review » 10 years ago
Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)

40

A sense of reality is essential, and it's sorely lacking.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

60

Scary and sad are the main concerns here.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

63

The thrills come in an emotional vacuum--even more problematic considering Petersen spends so much time trying to develop a human center.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews

75

An expertly crafted Hollywod entertainment...[constructed] as a series of grippingly fateful 'moments of truth.' [Blu-Ray]
Full Review » 4 years ago
Jeffrey Overstreet Looking Closer

42

The storm looks perfect, but the real danger here is the tidal wave of mediocrity and cliches.
Full Review » 5 years ago
John Venable Supercala.com

60

The story could've told itself in a compelling way without invented drama.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

50

Once the digital effects commence The Perfect Storm has all the impact of watching a friend play Nintendo.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid

38

A stinker fit for the chum bucket.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Ron Wells Film Threat

40

In the end, all the audience is left with is the feeling that you're really glad not to be a fisherman.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Susannah Breslin Film Threat

60

The perfect example, of how the newest visual effects movies have the capacity to overwhelm everything -- from actors to plotlines -- except in the end, maybe, their audiences.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Jon Niccum Pitch.com

63

The movie itself is like a raging storm: impossible to ignore while it's happening but easy to forget when the weather has died down.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jean Lowerison San Diego Metropolitan

Those simulated waves are huge, and you can practically feel the wind and the rain pelting down.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

88

A gripping drama that virtually bursts from the screen with lashing, kinetic power so realistic it could literally make someone seasick.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

67

...a thrilling amusement park ride, albeit one freighted with the knowledge that nature does treat some unfortunate souls this roughly
Full Review » 10 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

60

Senti pena daqueles pescadores - nao dos que estavam na tela, mas sim daqueles que inspiraram o filme. Eles, sim, merecem nossas homenagens. O resto e fantasia barata.
Full Review » 10 years ago
William Arnold Seattle Post-Intelligencer

42

Not terrible, but distinctly disappointing, not nearly as engaging or thrilling as its premise seems to promise.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Goatdog's Movies

80

The special effects, especially that awe-inspiring final wave featured on the promotional material, are truly awesome.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Susan Granger www.susangranger.com

80

It's formulaic and there are cliches, but the walls of water, created by fluid dynamics simulating real-life phenomena, are awesome.
Full Review » 11 years ago