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Deep Water (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 52 Fresh: 50  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7.9/10
 
Consensus: Equal parts mystery and biography, Deep Water is both an engrossing documentary and an affecting treatise on human folly and obsession.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Theatrical Release: Aug 24, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the much-ballyhooed event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who... DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the much-ballyhooed event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who set out to circumnavigate the globe in late 1968. Battling treacherous seas and his own demons, Crowhurst almost immediately comes apart as he faces the isolation of nine months on the high seas. Part adventure yarn and part metaphysical mystery, DEEP WATER is an unforgettable journey into one man’s heart of darkness. --© IFC Films [More]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Director: Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell
Producer: Al Morrow, Jonny Persey, John Smithson
Composer: Molly Nyman, Harry Escott

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Dec 18, 2007

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This well crafted and engaging documentary is a ripping yarn of a man's mansize adventure going horribly wrong.

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Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York
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3/4

The details just get stranger and stranger.

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01/04/08
Jason Anderson
Globe and Mail
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4/5

As a portrait of obsession, competition and, finally, delusion, Deep Water is haunting and engrossing, and one of the best nonfiction movies of the year.

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11/08/07
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly
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As directed by Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell, the movie breezes along at a highly watchable clip, thanks to fluid, affecting intercutting of archival, black-and-white footage and present-day interviews.

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11/03/07
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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2.5/4

This is fascinating stuff... that would be better served by a magazine article or book.

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11/02/07
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
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4/5

The film evokes a visceral understanding of solitude at sea.

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10/26/07
Toddy Burton
Austin Chronicle
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3.5/5

Deeply researched and compellingly presented, Deep Water is as much about one man’s misadventures on the ocean as it is about loneliness, desperation and the danger of dreams.

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10/25/07
Jason Ferguson
Orlando Weekly
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3.5/4

Not merely a documentary portrait, but an engrossing drama with more twists and turns than your average thriller.

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10/12/07
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune
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This is pretty heady stuff, and it's constantly enthralling, particularly for something that has to use so much second-hand information.

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10/11/07
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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...the less said about this film the better. It's that good.

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09/28/07
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun
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This was a story that made front pages in its day but has been largely lost to history, and now is brought bracingly and compellingly back to life.

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09/21/07
Marc Mohan
Oregonian
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3.5/4

Some beautiful shots give unexpected texture to the film, such as an underwater capture of a boat from below, with prisms of light surrounding it. And its final image is a quiet heartbreaker.

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09/21/07
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
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With the discovery of films and audiotape from the first solo, non-stop nautical race around the globe, Deep Water promises to take us where we have never been.

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09/20/07
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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This isn't primarily an adventure story, though it's very suspenseful; it's first and foremost a profoundly sad tale of human frailty.

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09/15/07
Frank Swietek
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But more startling are the original tape recordings and 16mm films made by the solitary competitors as they spent more than ten months alone trying to sail around the globe.

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09/14/07
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org
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4/4

For this gripping and amazing documentary, such truth emerges not just from the facts, but also the poetry of men who redefine themselves in a risky race on small sailboats.

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09/14/07
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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It is a sad, finely crafted documentary that must not be missed, if you call yourself a real film buff.

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09/12/07
Robin Clifford
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