Movie Review: The Finest Hours (2016)

Hello All,

It’s very late right now as I’m writing, so I’m going to skip the intro and get right into it. I’m reviewing the finest hours, Is it any good? Let’s find out.

Plot Summary - The film follows the real life 1952 rescue of the crewmen stranded on the SS Pendleton by a coast guard crew of only four men during one of the worst storms of the year.

Pros - The cast was really solid, the visuals were mind blowing, the story in tense and the pacing is good for the most part.

Cons - The main characters girlfriends story (say that six times fast) is basically padding, a couple of interesting side characters get basically dropped for most of the movie, and it has a few cliche moments. But it’s biggest sin by far is that it’s needlessly in 3D. I normally don’t make a point of the 3D, but in this case I know some people will probably not see it because of that and to me that’s a mark against it.

Final Score - 7/10

I can’t deny that by the end of it I was smiling, but with a bit of trimming and dropping the 3D entirely this would’ve been an 8 or a 9.

Sorry this was short, but I’m exhausted. It’ll probably be Kung Fu Panda 3 next, then fifty shades of black when I’m at my most self hating.

Until then, I’ll see you folks at the movies.