Release Date: November 12, 2019 Director: Craig Gillespie Producer: Dorothy Aufiero, Jim Whitaker Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Starring: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz, Eric Bana, Kyle Gallner, Graham McTavish, John Magaro, Beau Knapp, Josh Stewart, Abraham Benrubi Genre: Action Running Time: 117 minutes
Friday, January 22, 2016 11:00:32 PM | (Age Not Specified)
Going in I expected it to be more focused on the shipwrecked crew but I was pleasantly surprised. The action was well spread between three main groups of people: the shipwrecked crew, the rescue crew and the people waiting on land. Casey Affleck's performance was so believable as the silent, reserved tanker engineer who has to step up to save his crew. Chris Pine's character was also a silent, slightly aloft guy who just wanted to do a good and decent job. I loved Holliday Grainger's determined, feisty Miriam. She and Pine provided a sweet romance to temper the action/disaster aspects of the film. The graphics were well done, I felt like I was caught in the storm too. The movie spent just the right amount of time with each of the 3 situations so the pacing didn't drag in the middle. Definitely go watch it.
Friday, January 22, 2016 9:42:01 PM | (Age Not Specified)
I was pleasantly surprised. I really didn't think I was going to like it -- big surprise -- I loved it! I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see if they would be rescued, even my heart was racing. The 3D effects were excellent -- I tried to capture the stars/sparkles from the Disney castle and ducked my head to escape the water from the waves. The film itself is a nice feel good happy movie. We need to have more happiness in our lives these days. I would highly recommend this movie.
Friday, January 22, 2016 8:09:48 PM | (Age Not Specified)
A very good movie. Based on a true story , a book written in 2009 by Sherman and Tougias and interviews with surviving members of the incident. From the photographs at the end of the movie, some of the actors look quite a bit like the real people they portray. Acting all-around spotless. Good leads for the two primary roles of the coast guard man in charge (Chris Pine) and the tanker's man in charge (Casey Affleck). A well -filmed historical drama portraying the bravery of the US coast guard in what is arguably one of the most daring rescues ever made.
Friday, January 22, 2016 7:45:06 PM | (Age Not Specified)
We saw this film in 3D and it was a wild ride. The Finest Hours is the gripping, true story of the valiant attempt to rescue the souls huddling inside the broken halves of two ships. Coast Guard cutters raced to the aid of those stranded and when it became apparent that the halves of the tankers were in danger of capsizing, the Coast Guard sent out two thirty-six-foot lifeboats as well. These wooden boats, manned by only four seamen, were dwarfed by the enormous seventy-foot seas. As the tiny rescue vessels set out from the coast of Cape Cod, the men aboard were all fully aware that they were embarking on what could easily become a suicide mission. A great film, for all audiences.
