This well crafted and engaging documentary is a ripping yarn of a man's mansize adventure going horribly wrong.
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10/06/07
Deep Water (2007)
96 %
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.
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... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Director: Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell
Producer: Al Morrow, Jonny Persey, John Smithson
Composer: Molly Nyman, Harry Escott
Producer: Al Morrow, Jonny Persey, John Smithson
Composer: Molly Nyman, Harry Escott
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10/05/07
Top Critic
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.
11/08/07
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.
11/03/07
Top Critic
This is fascinating stuff... that would be better served by a magazine article or book.
11/02/07
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.
10/25/07
Not merely a documentary portrait, but an engrossing drama with more twists and turns than your average thriller.
10/12/07
This is pretty heady stuff, and it's constantly enthralling, particularly for something that has to use so much second-hand information.
10/11/07
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.
09/21/07
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.
09/21/07
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.
09/20/07
This isn't primarily an adventure story, though it's very suspenseful; it's first and foremost a profoundly sad tale of human frailty.
09/15/07
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.
09/14/07
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.
09/14/07
It is a sad, finely crafted documentary that must not be missed, if you call yourself a real film buff.
09/12/07
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