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The Finest Hours Movie Review

Name: The Finest Hours Movie Review
Item: The Finest Hours
Rating: 3.25
Author: Sonali Sharma

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Review for the film " The Finest Hours"

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 1 Hour 58 Minutes

Certificate: U

Released: 05-02-2016

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Similar To: The Casagrandes, Tupperware Unsealed, Somewhere Beautiful, First Cow

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CAST & CREW

Beau Knapp

Ben Foster

Casey Affleck

Chris Pine

Eric Bana

Graham McTavish

John Ortiz

Josh Stewart

Keiynan Lonsdale

Craig Gillespie

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Producer:

Dorothy Aufiero

James Whitaker

Director:

Craig Gillespie

Movie Actor:

Melanie Blake Roth

Alexander Cook

Nicholas Varga

Bobby Kenney

Robert Glenn

Danny Pace

Stew Replogle

Elise Arsenault

Trevor Dylan

Holliday Grainger

Chris Pine

John Gigliotti

Kenneth Godlewski

Beau Knapp

London Hall

Matthew Maher

Abraham Benrubi

Michael Steven Swanson

Benjamin Koldyke

Rachel Ramey

Danny Connelly

Steve Rasetta

Derek Pratt

Tom Mariano

Harley Harrison

Jesse Gabbard

John Ortiz

Kate Crowley

Josh Stewart

Larry Eudene

Marty Smith

Michael Marchand

Anthony Kanaley

Rachel Brosnahan

Carl M Reppucci

Stanzi Potenza

David Riccio Jr

Tom Driscoll

George J Vezina

Jay Street

Casey Affleck

Justin Blanchard

Graham McTavish

Kyle Gallner

Michael Maggiani

Angela Hope Smith

Polly Pillsbury

Cailyn Kemka

Roberto Lopez

David Pridemore

Timothy Helgesen

Ernest Anemone

Jamie L Crowley

Ben Foster

John Magaro

Eric Bana

Kristen Annese

Keiynan Lonsdale

Mark Haggett

First Assistant Director:

Vincent Lascoumes

Second Assistant Director:

Christophe Le Chanu

Executive Producer:

Douglas C Merrifield

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Capturing the real essence of real life stories is a challenge to the filmmaker. The Finest Hours Click to look into! >> Read More... is one such attempt by Chris Gillespie, the director of the movie. Let’s see what the movie has in store for us.

Plot

The Finest Hours is set in 1952 when a horrible storm showed its fury in the USA. An oil tanker is broken into two pieces due to this natural disaster. The movie narrates different stories in its given time frame. One is the Coast Guard operation, delving on the heroics of four people, who sail in a wooden boat, to save the people got trapped in the oil tanker. And the next one is about the 32 people at the mercy of the tanker, trying their best to survive. Finally, we have the romance plot, which seems to be forced into the story.

Star Performances

Casey Affleck and Chris Pine He is known to be one of the most talented new bor >> Read More... have given top-notch performances who challenge the fury of Mother Nature, with all their earnestness. Beau Knapp Beau Knapp is an American born actor. He works in >> Read More... , Eric Bana Eric Bana took birth in Melbourne, Victoria, Austr >> Read More... , and Holliday Grainger ably support.

Analysis

The film is adapted from the 2009 book “The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue.” As for the film, the survival instinct of the men, who are caught in the storm, is shown in the film in a seamless manner. Gillespie has executed the movie in an astute manner.

What’s there?

The way in which Gillespie and his team capture the anger of the turbulent sea is commendable. The ocean waves are shown impeccably by CGI effects.
The movie oozes earnestness throughout. You just can’t stop getting emotionally connected with some of the characters.
The screenplay is written in a convincing manner.
The visuals are outstanding, and they provide the much-required authenticity to the film.
3D is utilized in its fullest sense in the movie.

What’s not there?

The love element in the movie, in no way, elevates the film.

Verdict

We don’t get to know the valor of those heroes who venture in the sea, in this case, to save the lives of 32 equally brave people, if not for the narration of it in the big screen. And the Finest Hours let you salute the real heroes.

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