In the Heart of the Sea

2015

Action / Adventure / Biography / Drama / History / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 54% · 237 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 54% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 157833 157.8K

based on a true story sea suicide ship ocean whale

Plot summary

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.

Director

Ron Howard Photo
Ron Howard

Top cast

Tom Holland Photo
Tom Holland as Thomas Nickerson
Cillian Murphy Photo
Cillian Murphy as Matthew Joy
Chris Hemsworth Photo
Chris Hemsworth as Owen Chase
Julian Seager Photo
Julian Seager as Nantucket Worker
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2 hr 2 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by wishbinvisible 8 / 10

Ignore the Naysayers

I must confess I truly don't understand these "professional" film critics who get paid to pick apart movies. This is an epic story and made more interesting knowing there is truth within the fiction. Can we just sit down and enjoy a movie for the entertainment value? I did not see anywhere in this film where the actors failed to give you the full feeling of the character they were portraying.I have never seen a movie yet that Ron Howard failed to move the audience and this is no exception. Rent the DVD from Redbox or pay the $3.99 to Prime Video and don't be dissuaded by those pseudo-professional film critics who are no better than meteorologists who get the weather report wrong half the time.
Reviewed by Hitchcoc 7 / 10

Intense Tale of Survival

I am a huge fan of Moby Dick. I've taught it as a novel; I've read it several times. Its artistry is beyond measure. Herman Melville certainly knew his stuff when it came to whaling and the sea. Apparently, Melville gained his inspiration from a particular whaling voyage that produced fodder for his imagination. This film takes the fictional Melville back to the time where he heard the story of the white whale. If one looks at the book as the allegory it is, we put the stamp of whiteness and all the implications of the color (or lack of it) that it implies. This movie takes any artistry out of the story. Ahab lost his leg and pursues the elusive cetacean in the ultimate act of revenge. Here, a bunch of guys get in over their heads. They had an overzealous captain who simply was out for the commercial value of the animal. When the whale destroys the ship (they do give him supernatural powers) part of the crew is in whaleboats, trying to get someplace safe. Terrible things happen, including cannablism, and some manage to hold off their fates till they are rescued. But there is something dull about the pacing of the story. We aren't made privy to much of what goes on among them. There are the obligatory sacrifices that are not new to this genre. It's a decent movie, but a better script and some more personal depth would have helped.
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