In the Heart of the Sea

Name: In the Heart of the Sea
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Action, History
Released: 2015-12-03
Duration: 122 min

Based on the incredible true story that inspired Moby Dick

20152h 2mcritics 6.8/10

Thriller Drama Adventure Action History

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.

starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson

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Read from 63 comments (49 from Metacritic, 10 from Reddit, 4 from TMDB reviews) — 21 of them described how it moves.

➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Hard going most of the way through. Very little of it ever resolves.

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Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit9 read

“being thoroughly bored long before the end”
Dottsterisk▲ 7about 50–100% inread it ↗
“it seemed to drag for portions of it”
▲ 3about 33–66% inread it ↗
“it dragged”
corruptrevolutionary▲ 1about 0–100% inread it ↗
“Ron Howard's [In the Heart of the Sea](https://manapop.com/film/in-the-heart-of-the-sea-2015/) is your standard man-against-nature movie but it is chock full of two-dimensional characters in service of a tedious script that makes this a trip not worth taking. The film is beautifully shot, and the actors give decent performances given the substandard material they had to work with. Still, as a whole, it fails to engage the viewer in either a philosophical or historic aspect. Instead of a man agai”
MovieMike007▲ 7read it ↗

Metacritic48 read

“A bit tedious at parts.”
BananaFloatabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“Then the hunting of the whales. That was painful to watch where at one point, I couldn't sympathize with the crew.”
Flipjeabout 50–75% inread it ↗
“Couldn't wait for this to end after 30 minutes of viewing.”
Terrorpinabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“It's hard to get into at first. I didn't care about the characters so when much of the film's opening consists of introducing us to these characters it's hard for the mind to not wander.”
TheQuietGamerabout 0–33% inread it ↗

TMDB3 read

“> We actually know this story, but not the truth until now! Ron Howard's latest sea adventure, stars Chris Hemsworth in an important role. So the people comparing it with 'Moby Dick', because both the film is about the same story, but one was inspired and the other one was, I mean this film was based on the actual event. I had seen the BBC film 'The Whale', not a bad film for a low budget television film. Most importantly, it revealed the truth about what I was not aware of from one of my fav”
Renoread it ↗
“I love these type of 18th century film flair, and the whole pirate-like or merchant crew voyaging to the open sea looking for a non-abundant resource later to be topped with an impossible foe because of the technology at the time thus lead to strand in mother nature. Good stuff!”
StbMDBread it ↗
“This movie never really grabbed me. I was impressed by I guess what real critics call the cinematography. Some of the scenes of the action on the ship and the ocean vistas, were realistic and placed me there in the same way I felt like I was there. With Master and Commander. The plot was adequate to the task as well. A familiar story thanks to Moby Dick, but that was the point. My problem was with the characters. I never connected with any of them. I can’t say why or even why I needed to if t”
Peter McGinnread it ↗

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