U-571: Critic Reviews
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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews
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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)84Represents the return of something that I'd feared was gone for good: the inspired genre magician.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)50Script characterizations so shallow that even a lead actor as dull as Matthew McConaughey can't be blamed very much.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)A slickly crafted throwback.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Michael Atkinson Village Voice (Top Critic)It's a simple pleasure watching an American movie that respects genre.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Steven Rosen Denver Post (Top Critic)U-571 could sure use some depth.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)50You can enjoy U-571 as a big, dumb war movie without a brain in its head. But that doesn't stop it from looking cheesy.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)A strange, volatile mix of history and movie cliches.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)25Plays like a third-rate disaster movie -- and an assaultively noisy one at that .Full Review » 12 years ago
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Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)The submarine goes deep but the story never does.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Ted Fry Film.com (Top Critic)It's a rah-rah mix of patriotism and genuine suspense that manages to wring a few new wrinkles from a reliable subgenre of war movie.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Robert Horton Film.com (Top Critic)The movie concocts just enough genuinely surprising moments to make its own satisfying niche amongst the other examples of the genre.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Sean Means Film.com (Top Critic)U-571 moves like a torpedo.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Charles Taylor Salon.com (Top Critic)U-571 is bombastic and anonymous.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Nell Minow Common Sense Media80A very tense and exciting war movie.Full Review » 1 year ago
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Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews63[Both] a rousing action thriller...[and] near-parody of the rah-rah American military adventures that filled screens in the '40s and '50s. [Blu-Ray]Full Review » 4 years ago
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Rob Gonsalves eFilmCritic.com40I've never seen a movie as dependent on a fancy sound system.Full Review » 5 years ago
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Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion50Like the rusted old subs deployed in the story, the picture seems designed to stay in the safe shallows and not to plumb any real dramatic depths.Full Review » 6 years ago
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James Rocchi Netflix100U-571 superbly mixes classic touches and brand-new thrills.Full Review » 10 years ago
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Brent Simon Entertainment Today67A sweaty, claustrophobic potboiler that at its heart is not so much an action adventure movie as it is a suspenseful, triumph-of-the-human-spirit-type story.Full Review » 10 years ago
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Rob Vaux Flipside Movie Emporium0[The] skillful execution is enough to overcome some of the film's weaker aspects.Full Review » 10 years ago
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Betty Jo Tucker ReelTalk Movie ReviewsGet a good night's rest and take plenty of vitamins before seeing 'U-571.' Otherwise, you'll be wiped out by the end of this superb action thriller.Full Review » 10 years ago
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Chuck Rudolph Matinee Magazine34It's an insult, not just to war veterans, but to the audience.Full Review » 11 years ago
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James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk75an engaging action storyFull Review » 11 years ago
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John Anderson NewsdayOne-dimensional acting.Full Review » 12 years ago
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Maitland McDonagh TV Guide's Movie Guide60Straightforwardly entertaining and a genuine nail-biter.Full Review » 12 years ago
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