| U-571 Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| Cast - Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, David
Keith.
Directed by - Jonathan Mostow.
Written by - Jonathan Mostow, Sam Montgomery, David Ayer.
Produced by - Dino De Laurentis.
(Rating) > Motion Picture Association of America...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Frankie Paiva |
| rated PG-13
115 minutes
Universal Pictures
starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, and Jon Bon Jovi
written Jonathan Mostow, Sam Montgomery, and David Ayer
directed by Jonathan Mostow more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
| Rated on a 4-star scale
Screening venue: Odeon (Liverpool City Centre)
Released in the UK by UIP on June 2, 2000; certificate 15; 115 minutes;
country of origin USA; aspect ratio 2.35:1 more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Eugene Novikov |
| Jonathan Mostow is a director with few pretensions. He knows what genre
he is working in -- so far it has been pure action -- and invests all
of his efforts in making the best damn genre movie possible. His first
two Hollywood projects, the Kurt Russell...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan |
| Directed by Jonathan Mostow. Screenplay by Mostow, Sam Montgomery and
David Ayer, from a story by Mostow. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Harvey
Keitel, Jake Weber. Running time: 119 minutes. Rated PG for mild language
by the MFCB. Reviewed on April...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Shay Casey |
| Year: 2000.
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi,
Jake Weber, David Keith, T.C. Carson, Jack Noseworthy, Tom Guiry, Thomas
Kretschmann, Matthew Settle.
Written by Jonathan Mostow, Sam Montgomery, and David...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| U-571 (director/writer: Jonathan Mostow; screenwriters: Sean
Montgomery/David Ayer; cinematographer: Oliver Wood; editor: Wayne
Wahrman; cast: Matthew McConaughey (Lt. Andrew Tyler), Bill Paxton
(Captain Dahlgren), Harvey Keitel (Chief Klough), Jake...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Das Boot is the Holy Grail of submarine movies. It’s so good that you
have to wonder why anyone would bother making a film about subs after
Boot was released in 1982. You know, kind of like how Ben-Hur ruined
the whole “chariot race” genre for everyone...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: This film is essence of submarine war
film. In fact, the one serious problem is that it
seems inspired so much more by submarine movies
than anybody's real wartime experiences. This
solid...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by John Beachem |
| Hollywood can be awfully patriotic at times. It may not seem that way, with
movies like "Three Kings" and "Platoon" making the US look like a villainous
bully; but Hollywood gets particularly patriotic when making WWII movies
like "Patton" and "Saving...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Jan Bednarczuk |
| The premise of U-571 is a familiar one. A submarine crew gets
called out to do An Important Mission, that may Win the War for
the United States. (Oh, were there other countries that were in
the war on the Allied side, too? No matter, it's...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Mark O'Hara |
| I can remember watching films as a child, films like THE LONGEST DAY, THE
BATTLE OF THE BULGE, PATTON and countless others; always, as in episodes of
THE TWILIGHT ZONE, the Nazis were demonized, and the Allies were
victorious. more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Zachary McGhee |
| U-571 [Mostow] -- To summarize Breakdown, Jonathan Mostow's previous
endeavor, I'd offer about sixty-seven synonyms for the words taut,
powerful, suspenseful, professional, so on, so forth. Or, to much more
magnify the apparent slump that he appears to...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Chuck Dowling |
| Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi,
Jake Weber, David Keith, Jack Noseworthy
Written by: Jonathan Mostow, Sam Montgomery and David Ayer
Directed by: Jonathan Mostow
Running Time: 118 minutes more |
| U-571 Review |
| by James Sanford |
| When it comes to submarine movies, the last word will
probably always be director Wolfgang Petersen's 1982
thriller "Das Boot," the story of a World War II German
U-boat's many brushes with disaster during a particularly
perilous mission. more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| U-571
(Universal)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi,
Thomas Kretschmann, Jake Weber, Jack Noseworthy, David Keith.
Screenplay: Jonathan Mostow, Sam Montgomery and David Ayer.
Producers: Dino de Laurentiis and...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Lars Lindahl |
| Starring Matthew McConaughey, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon
Jovi, Bill Paxton, Erik Palladino, Tom Guiry, T.C.
Carson, David Keith, Jake Weber, Jack Noseworthy,
Matthew Settle, Will Estes, and Dave Power. more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Marty Mapes/Andrea Birgers |
| ** (out of 4) Wolfgang Petersen set the standard for submarine movies in
1981 with DAS BOOT. Now Jonathan Mostow, whose thriller BREAKDOWN was
among the best movies of 1997, has made his own submarine movie. What
U-571 contributes to the genre is the...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Chuck Schwartz |
| U-571
Rated [PG-13], minutes
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel and Jon Bon
Jovi
Screenplay and Directed by Jonathan Mostow
website: www.u-571.com more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| U-571 (2000) 2 stars out of 4. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill
Paxton, Harvey Keitel, John Bon Jovi, David Keith and Jake Weber.
Screenplay by Jonathan Mostow, Sam Montgomery and David Ayer. Story by
Mostow. Directed by Mostow more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| U-571
A film review by Christopher Null
Copyright 2000 filmcritic.com
filmcritic.com more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| One of the turning points in World War II came when we captured a German
Enigma coding machine. This device, the Germans believed, made their
codes uncrackable. Once we had the machine without the German's
knowledge, we were able to break their codes...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| Okay, so the film doesn't exactly have the catchiest title in the world, but
how could you go wrong with Harvey Keitel and singer/actor Jon Bon Jovi in
the same movie? Well, uhhm....okay, forget that! All you have to remember is
that this is a submarine...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "U-571" (Universal Pictures)
Brace yourself, the first popcorn picture of the season has
arrived! "U-571" has everything you could want in an
action-adventure. Set against the backdrop of World War II, when
Hitler...more |
| U-571 Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Universal Pictures
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Writer: Jonathan Mostow (story & screenplay)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon
Bon Jovi, Jake Weber, Erik Palladino, Matthew Settle, David
Keith, Thomas...more |
