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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 07 Dec 2015

Depict[s] a writer's process of scavenging and soul-stealing...[as well as] being 'in the oil business' to the exclusion of morality and ethics,…

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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 06 Dec 2015

Ron Howard's clunky telling of how Herman Melville researched Moby Dick is an ambitious slog…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 05 Dec 2015

Howard’s film, for all of its storytelling skill, technical polish, and rousing high-seas sequences, never quite casts the spell it should…

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By Nandini Ramnath (221) for Scroll.in (342) on 04 Dec 2015

The cast performs efficiently, but they are dwarfed in every way possible by Moby Dick's inspiration…

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By Alejandro Alemán (79) for El Universal (183) on 04 Dec 2015

Even if at the end it takes the opportunity to have a moral in it's story, it does so after we see blood, death and sweat first…

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By Julian Wood (63) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 04 Dec 2015

What the film lacks in terms of Melville's thunderous exposition of human frailty and obsession it makes up for in rollicking entertainment…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for Den of Geek (424) on 04 Dec 2015

Those hoping to see an updated big screen version of Melville's Moby Dick are likely to be left wanting something more significant…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 03 Dec 2015

Ron Howard has essentially thrown a gauntlet back in time and said, 'Mr…

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By Luke Buckmaster (275) for The Daily Review/Crikey (197) on 03 Dec 2015

On a purely technical level this is the worst made Hollywood movie in recent memory, astonishingly amateurish for such an accomplished director…

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By Mikel Zorrilla (231) for Espinof (390) on 03 Dec 2015

It's not a bad movie, but it had so much more potential. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Mike Reyes (98) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 03 Dec 2015

While there isn't as much action as the commercials let on, In The Heart Of The Sea trades shallow thrills for an in-depth look into survival…

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By Helen O'hara (407) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 03 Dec 2015

There’s so much incident crammed into this tale of misfortune that there’s never quite enough time to truly tangle with the sheets and…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 03 Dec 2015

The picture is sometimes wayward and unwieldy, its dialogue creaky and awkward, like an amateur’s attempt at scrimshaw…

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By Matt Neal (458) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 03 Dec 2015

The film has its sea legs, but can't seem to find its land legs…

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By Sergio López Aguirre (78) for Cine Premiere (538) on 03 Dec 2015

An intense drama with a couple of moments where the actions just drifts away. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 03 Dec 2015

Visual daring is nice, but it means little in the end when the ultimately safe and harmless story never rocks the boat…

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By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 03 Dec 2015

It plays everything pretty safe, but through the direction of Ron Howard it still elevates itself to be a very enjoyable adventure epic with…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 02 Dec 2015

After two dreary hours of this, In the Heart of the Sea finally hits dry land and collapses in a state of complete exhaustion…

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By Alex Doenau (232) for Trespass (429) on 02 Dec 2015

In the Heart of the Sea is a straightforward recount of the story that inspired Moby-Dick, embroidered by Howard's eye for romantic composition…

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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 02 Dec 2015

Fluid, shifting and tense, the action here easily outstrips the film’s basic set-up (man tests himself against nature, is humbled), which…

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