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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 27 Jan 2016

One can easily understand why this story swiftly became Coast Guard legend...but its dim wall-of-grey visuals and narrative longueurs make…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 27 Jan 2016

An adventure drama with sea legs, a story of heroism steeped in period detail, played with sympathy and stoicism by people who respect such…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 27 Jan 2016

Carter Burwell’s score is particularly thunderous, mirroring the onscreen action, and the 3-D really is – for once – superb, making for…

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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 27 Jan 2016

If The Finest Hours is light on surprises it’s still heavy on suspense, as the script by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson treats…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 27 Jan 2016

Despite some great effects, and one good performance, it never quite gets underway…

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By Andrew Barker (315) for Variety (12,700) on 26 Jan 2016

Perhaps the worst one could say about Craig Gillespie’s film is that, rather than their finest hours, the whole cast and crew all put in…

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By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 26 Jan 2016

The Finest Hours will win over the most cynical viewers-if the studio can persuade them to see it…

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By Christopher Gray (138) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 26 Jan 2016

A square journey through choppy waters, it boasts a Greatest Generation nostalgia so thoroughgoing it might as well be called Boys Becoming Men…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 26 Jan 2016

A technician and resident cucumber cool braniac, Casey Affleck's Ray is not just the crews' savior but is played by the only performer doing…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Playlist (3,871) on 26 Jan 2016

An old-fashioned tale of heroism in the face of insurmountable odds, The Finest Hours is never less than aggressively hokey and manipulatively…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for Baret News (418) on 25 Jan 2016

A visually-captivating and remarkably-moving recreation of what, to this day, remains the most daring Coast Guard rescue on record…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 22 Jan 2016

An intermittently affecting, sanded-edge adventure that feels as if it trundled off the studio production line back when Eisenhower was in office…

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By John Hazelton (142) for Screen International (2,241) on 18 Jan 2016

The climactic rescue sequence has tension and some thrills, but it’s over fairly quickly and the film settles back into a sentimental lull…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 18 Jan 2016

At the helm of this ultra-earnest entertainment, with its expository dialogue and meticulous visuals, Craig Gillespie isn’t able to conjure…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 18 Jan 2016

This is the sort of film in which we’re told that a certain action is impossible, until it isn’t, or that a certain thing would never happen,…

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