Review of The Finest Hours (2016) by Nerdconsultant — 22 Feb 2016

The Finest Hours is not a terrible film, but it’s a very forgettable film. I don’t expect this film to turn up on my ‘worst films of 2016 list’ but I’m not going to be recommending it to anyone, even if you are the sort of person who waits for a film to come out on DVD because this will just sit on your shelf after you have watched it once, you won’t want to get it out again! It was rather boring in its first half and while the last 20 minutes did have some good moments, it didn’t make up for the bland film that was playing before it.

The cast feels very wasted and the film reeks of a poor script and poor direction. It really is a film that I expect to forget a week after seeing it! The effects are rather decent and the cinematography is pretty good even if it does feel like it is ripping off The Perfect Storm and Titanic one too many times, but the fact is, if you don’t get to know the characters, you don’t feel too much for them when the situation gets tense.

This film is based on a true story and it could have been amazing, but as it stands, it’s a rental at best. I would almost say pick this one up for morbid curiosity because it’s a not really a so bad it’s a good film.