I wouldn't say it is the finest hours

Rating: 6/10 (20 May 2016)

The Finest Hours is just plainly put, serviceable, albeit in an old-fashioned way. There are some exhilarating sequences of problem solving and rescuing on the deep sea, but they quickly fizzle off and become a melodramatic lull; it feels more comfortable being there. This being a Disney movie and all, hard and gritty is not the tone it is going for, which means just like the sailors and rescuers we will be chest-deep in sweet syrup in the end. I didn't mind that so much. It just feels like a missed opportunity to be something different. The thing I hate the most is the love angle - feels like a last minute afterthought to give the dude a reason to come home from an arduous rescue. Emotionally, it doesn't resonate.