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10/05/07
Deep Water (2007)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:51
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
Genre: Education/General Interest
US Box Office: $0
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... [More]
Director: Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell
Reviews for Deep Water
Top CriticThis well crafted and engaging documentary is a ripping yarn of a man's mansize adventure going horribly wrong.
10/06/07
Top CriticThe film evokes a visceral understanding of solitude at sea.
10/26/07
...the less said about this film the better. It's that good.
09/28/07
Stories celebrating heroic journeys are commonplace, but this is a sobering, anti-heroic tale of an ordinary man who set out to attempt the extraordinary... and failed through a cruel combination of bad luck and bad judgement.
07/14/07
To reveal Crowhurst's decision would be to spoil a stunning tale. Deep Water is not itself comparably stunning.
09/07/07
Deep Water successfully combines the pressure of the competition with an intriguing character study of the increasingly desperate Crowhurst.
08/24/07
Osmond and Rothwell's depiction of his unraveling is an exquisitely structured drama.
09/07/07
Osmond and Rothwell do a commendable job of mining a rich archive of material.
09/07/07
Top CriticDeep Water's account of a modern Icarus is frighteningly clear in its perceptions and aftershocks.
08/30/07
This is fascinating stuff... that would be better served by a magazine article or book.
11/02/07
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
A sad story, but well told, with respect for its subject and an eye for the Shakespearian tragedy in the tale.
07/14/07
Top CriticA spooky, moving doc that chronicles the first solo attempt to circle the world by boat.
08/29/07
In a sense, the subject of this film contributed a good deal of material to his cinematic biography, material that is gut-wrenchingly intimate and revelatory.
08/24/07
Not only is this an incredible saga of Jack London proportions, it's also a great detective tale.
08/24/07
engaging
08/02/09
The details just get stranger and stranger.
01/04/08
[An] expertly assembled and engrossing documentary.
07/14/07
Top CriticDeep Water is a stunning documentary that not only beautifully elucidates a nearly forgotten incident but touches on crucial themes involving isolation, sanity, self-worth, impossible dreams, the nature of heroism and limits of human endurance.
09/10/07
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