The finest, most complete film of the last thirty years

Rating: 10/10 (3 February 2000)

My favourite film of all time, perhaps not the best, but it is among the most complete. While owing a debt to Moby Dick for certain, this film combines sharp pacing, clever and intelligent dialogue, and is a text book for the man-versus-nature parable. If you don't appreciate the power of this film, you're missing something.