Insufferably Aw Shucks and No Where Near Awesome

Rating: 5/10 (12 August 2016)

Some Poor Acting and Thin Characters Populate this True Story of The Coast Guard's "Finest Hours". It can not be Denied that the Film Battles the Storm and the Sea with State of the Art Gusto, but the A-List Actors Battle to Find something to give Their Characters any Depth at all.
It's Sea-Going Action and that's all it is. Everything Else seems Inserted by Committee with Focus Group Approval. Its Flat, Unengaging, Repetitive, Safe Filler to Satisfy Brand Expectations.
It all Comes Off as Corny and not Fun Time, Good Corn at that. This is the way the Production 'Thinks" it was in the Early 1950's, but it's more the way it was on Movie Screens and TV Shows.
The Only thing worse than all the Tepidness is the Awful Acting and Shallow Characters, especially Chris Pine and Casey Affleck who Both seem Out of Their Depth. Ben Foster just Stands Around most of the time and for an Edgy Actor like Foster, that's a Waste.
Family Friendly to the Extreme the Film is Likely to Please the Disney Fan Base and won't Disappoint Fundamentalist Check-Listers. It's Safe for the Whole Family just like an Episode of TV's "Sea Hunt'.