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| NZone |
(4 out of 5 stars) "Having more in common with 'Speed' than 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'U-571' is certainly not a meditative or deep examination of the inhumanity of war, yet it still manages to satisfy with a powerful combination of thrills and chills." more... |
| culturevulture.net |
"A testosterone-fest of sweaty, gritty sailors shooting at lots of stuff and blowing things up. But ultimately even a large dose of modern Dolby sound effects and digitized pyrotechnics can't mask a plot and acting that are both decidedly sub-standard." more... |
| Days of Thunder |
"There are many ways to screw up a WWII movie, and 'U-571' pretty much covers them all." more... |
| E! Online |
(grade: C+) "It ain't sunk, but this flick could've used a life raft." more... |
| filmcritic.com |
"Sorry Hollywood, it's time to put the sub movie in dry dock." more... |
| Flick Filosopher: Submarine Sandwich, with Cheese |
"An unintentional parody of war movies, chock full of clichés both hoary and brand-spanking new, 'U-571' is nevertheless good clean silly fun, though I'm sure writer/director Jonathan Mostow was aiming for high drama, not high cheese." more... |
| Harvey's Movie Reviews |
"...very entertaining..." more... |
| JoBlo's Movie Emporium |
(7 out of 10) "A loud, fast-paced, simple story set within the always tense environment of a submarine, featuring a lot of repetitive 'sub-talk,' great looking men in cool Navy garb and the official christening of the summer popcorn flick season." more... |
| Movie Bodega |
(B) " Heroically overblown but dramatically taught, 'U-571' is a giddy melding of action, thriller, and epic." more... |
| Nitrate Online |
"'U-571' is an awfully familiar journey through the Atlantic Ocean via submarine ... This time around, however, predictable action scenarios are all there is to offer, and a unique angle is missing." more... |
| NY Rock |
"U-gotta be kidding, an old-fashioned war movie starring Matthew 'all nude bongos' McConaughey and Jon Bon 'Blaze of Glory' Jovi?" more... |
| Orlando Weekly Movies |
(3 out of 5 stars) "Loosely based on an actual undersea mission performed by the British during World War II, 'U-571' flips the events to make the Americans the heroes of the action-packed story." more... |
| PopMatters: Taking On Water |
"Where Das Boot's account of the German war experience is laced with sadness and cynicism, 'U-571' celebrates its protagonists' roles in the same conflict by trusting implicitly in chain-of-command structures and de-facto, God-given American moral righteousness." more... |
| Radio Free Entertainment |
"Packed with exciting battle sequences, tension, and patriotism, 'U-571' is the kickstart of the 2000 blockbuster action season that 'Mission to Mars' should have been." more... |
| Renaissance Magazine |
(B+) "'U-571' is a riveting action thriller that is long on explosions and close calls but short on plot logic." more... |
| Salon |
"...the real story 'U-571' tells is a familiar and depressing one in Hollywood: that of a filmmaker who gets a chance at a big-budget action movie because his first picture was a surprise hit -- and proceeds to obliterate all traces of the talent he showed." more... |
| Spliced Online: Terrific Torpedo-in-the-Water Tension |
"Sub crew caught in spectacular battles on secret mission to capture Nazi encoding devise in 'U-571.'" more... |
| Variety |
"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." more... |
| Village Voice: Sub Cultures |
"Mostow's smoothly efficient white-knuckler (he applied a similarly lean-mean approach to 'Breakdown') does its work as unceremoniously as its characters do theirs, and though there are occasional bombastic timpani seizures, the propaganda is kept to a minimum." more... |
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