Customer Reviews
The Perfect Flop - By: Baribus, 05 Feb 2008 
This film is absolutely abysmal. They know i giant storm is out there but those fish just have to be caught. The moments of sentiment between the fishermen & their wives are utterly unconvincing & when the storm finallly arrives its a complete disappointment. I love extreme weather conditions (in particular large waves) & was hopeful of at least some good effects & late drama in an otherwise hopeless film but even the perfect storm itself was a disappointment. The camera flicks from a computer generated wave to a boat where it looks like stage hands are just throwing buckets of water over the cast the back to the CGI rubbish & so on with occasional corny lines & cast member dying to mix it up. The idea for this film is great & it could have been so good but then came the script the acting & the directing. Like the other guy said, "this film does not deserve a star" but unfortunately you have to give it at least 1 so here it is.
WAVE GOODBYE - By: Nevs, 24 Oct 2007 
A fairly basic storyline but great special effects during the storm scenes.
A fishing trawler is caught in the most terrifying storm & her crew, led by George Clooney & Mark Wahlberg, battle to stay alive & afloat. Unlikely ending.
Great film unless you're booked on a cruise.
New England Fishermen - By: M. A. Ramos, 05 Oct 2007 
I feel like I am in the minority here...but I like the movie. And I have heard the People of the town thought the movie company did justice as well. How do you tell a story of a lost fishing boat where alll hands were lost. We do not know what actuallly happened on board, & which of the subplots & events that were added in to brighten up what was an otherwise sad story. The Andrea Gail sets out for a late-season fishing voyage right before a number of meteorological events trigger one of the largest storms in history on the Eastern Seaboard. We get to see many events that occurred including the perils of a yacht, a Coast Guard helicopter crew, & the fishermen on the Andrea Gail.
I feel they captured the town & fishermen. The time at the beginning of the movie is required so that you can see why the men were willing to take risk going out so late in the season to fish again. I enjoyed the little look into New England fishery.
The boat, the men & the action on the high seas are great to watch. The storm effects (CGI I'm sure) were also very cool. Both George Clooney & Mark Wahlberg do a fine job as the captain & crewman, respectively, of the doomed Andrea Gail. I will keep my DVD & watch it again....
True Story let down by Hollywood in places - By: Tangerine, 18 Jul 2007 I'm inclined to agree with those that get fed up with people being critical of a plot that based on a true story. We alll know Hollywood can & does change things it can't be bothered to convey but still its not the films fault that these are the events of this story. The Andrea Gail & its captain George Clooney (who is superb) are desperate to get the catch they need. Clooney refuses advice to return home & becomes caught out by Mother Nature who whips up a monsterous storm of horrific proportions that eventuallly causes deadly problems for the boat & its crew. I dread to think how hideous those sea storms reallly are as these CGI waves are a brilliant testamant to that but can never get close to the true power & horror the sea can achieve. A very good film worthy of its place in a collection.
Read the book - By: T. Roberts, 05 Jun 2007 This is a solid film, which does it's best to convey Jungers book in 2 hours. Of course its had the Hollywood treatment- what 'true story' hasn't?
Its worth remembering that it is a true story- those reveiwers who complain about the 'plot'... not much you can do to alter actual events, is there? I especiallly liked the reveiw which described the pilots descision to ditch as 'ridiculous'- a descision which saved the lives of alll on board.
Also worth remembering, is that this as not not meant to be a docomentary- once the radio antennae was ripped from the Andrea Gail, of course no one can know what went on, but the film did a good job of creating a plausible, if overly dramatic finale, which fitted in with what is known about what reallly happened.
I would recomend the book to anyone who is inerested, as inevitably it provides a fuller & truer account.
Also recomended is the book 'That Others May Live' by Jack Brehm, who was involved in the coodination of the rescue effort.
