(Director Bigelow) piles up one nerve-racking crisis after another, interspersed with moments of ethereal, almost otherworldly beauty.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
May be a bit too grim and claustrophobic to become a certifiable summer blockbuster, but it's a pulse-pounding thriller that brings one of the Cold War's darkest and deadliest episodes to the big screen.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
There is one surprise in the movie, a decision having nothing to do with the reactor, that depends entirely on the ability of the characters to act convincingly under enormous pressure; casting stars of roughly equal weight helps it to work.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
I don't think that a woman behind the camera necessarily affects the tenor of what is on screen, but never before have I seen a men-of-war film more notable for its psychology than its spectacle.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
A relentlessly serious action movie, characterized by, of all things, sorrow.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
K-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories, but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of Man confronting the Demons of his own fear and paranoia.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Dennis Lim
As square-shouldered as you'd expect of a National Geographic co-production. But Bigelow hits all her marks and more within the narrow parameters.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
K-19's determination to push hard for self-congratulatory morals and convenient resolutions undercut the film's strengths and make it more conventional.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
It's a pretty good sub movie, with some pretty good performances, that, alas, somewhat disintegrates in the last half-hour.Read Full Review »
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