… may bear a few scars of its Hollywood production, but it’s an effecting and hard-hitting drama.
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11/02/02
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
60 %
Reviews Counted: 162 Fresh: 98 Rotten:64 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Consensus:
A gripping drama even though the filmmakers have taken liberties with the facts.
Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins
Theatrical Release: Jul 19, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $35,100,183
Synopsis: Inspired by a true story that was kept secret until the fall of communism, K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER is a tale of ordinary men who sacrifice everything for their shipmates and their country. In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, an ill-prepared Russian nuclear missile submarine embarks on its... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joss Ackland, J.J. Field
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Screenwriter: Louis Nowra, William Broyles, Christopher Kyle
Producer: Kathryn Bigelow, Joni Sighvatsson, Christine Whitaker, Edward S. Feldman, Moritz Borman
Composer: Klaus Badelt
Screenwriter: Louis Nowra, William Broyles, Christopher Kyle
Producer: Kathryn Bigelow, Joni Sighvatsson, Christine Whitaker, Edward S. Feldman, Moritz Borman
Composer: Klaus Badelt
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02/09/06
The film pays tribute to those involved without a hint of pretension.
02/03/06
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K-19 makes an American audience care about Communists trapped between a rock and a hard place deep beneath the sea.
12/06/04
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02/01/04
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... A taut, skillfully-executed thriller anchored by two rock-solid leading men.
01/06/04
Occasionally trying on accents that are reminiscent of a 'Rocky and Bullwinkle' cartoon, Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson have rarely been saddled with such awkward roles.
01/04/04
O sotaque de Ford é inconstante e Bigelow tenta forçar demais o drama. Vale pela história.
07/25/03
Top Critic
It's a military maxim that there is no room for egos on a submarine. Which prompts the question if there's any more room for another military movie set below the waves?
03/13/03
This movie has all the hallmarks of a well-made, dramatic film that takes itself just a little too seriously.
02/08/03
The movie is solidly paced and well acted but lacks the emotional connection that might have made it a classic.
01/03/03
Top Critic
A cold war thriller told from the Russian point of view which gives it the appearance of having more credibility and dark truth than if this were an American story.
12/08/02
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