U-571

Name: U-571
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Released: April 21, 2000
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Matthew McConaughey

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 21, 2000 | PG-13

Starring: Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Matthew McConaughey

Summary: A team of American seamen, disguised as soldiers on a German rescue submarine, sneak aboard a disabled German U-Boat in an attempt to capture the Enigma machine, a master encryption device which has enabled Axis forces to execute maritime attacks without fear of interference or interception by the Allies.

Director: Jonathan Mostow

Genre(s): Action, Drama, War

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 116 min

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Mick LaSalle

Two hours of nonstop, nail-biting tension and anxiety. Read full review

Film.com Sean Means

Fast-moving, watertight and firing from all tubes. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Sets up a mood of tensile suspense from the beginning and never lets it go. Read full review

Film.com Ted Fry

One sour note is Richard Marvin's derivative score. It's just awful and often pulls the movie down. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

As beautiful as all the film's technology is, it needs more real human beings around - to pull the switches, man the pumps and scuttle through those corridors. Read full review

Marc Savlov

U-571's plot moves like a rocket, never pausing for breath, and this works to a point, but certain events ... are glossed over in favor of more (exceptionally well-done) shots of exploding depth charges and topside battles. Read full review

Charles Taylor

May be the shoddiest and most incoherent piece of big-budget action moviemaking since "Armageddon." Read full review

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JaredC.

Aug 16, 2007

It will have you captured in the experience and let you on a firm gripp throughout.

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Spangle

Dec 19, 2015

U-571 has a lot going for it. Now, it may not be the most historically accurate film ever made, but is certainly damn good entertainment. Incredibly tense and thrilling, there is rarely a moment you are not clinging to the edge of your seat for dear life. The tension built by directorU-571 has a lot going for it. Now, it may not be the most historically accurate film ever made, but is certainly damn good entertainment. Incredibly tense and thrilling, there is rarely a moment you are not clinging to the edge of your seat for dear life. The tension built by director Jonathan Mostow certainly pays off too, with a great third cast. Additionally, the sound in this film is fantastic. It nearly surrounds you and would be a fantastic film for IMAX nowadays. The cinematography is also very good, as is the cast led by Matthew McConaughey, Harvey Keitel, and Bill Paxton. Now, U-571 certainly is not a groundbreaking film in any way, but that does not mean it is bad. Quite the opposite actually, as it manages to entertain throughout even if the path it takes it quite familiar.… Expand

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MamaTLF

Sep 13, 2013

An excellent presentation of a Atlantic front in the World War 2. Although the movie has clichés and over-hyped drama it is interesting, intriguing and entertaining.

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kianooshark

Sep 13, 2019

jon bon jovi in this film .thats a good dedicate for all army men saler man and ubots mens

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Aug 17, 2007

Pretty bad movie. Historically it's a load of crap. Watch "Das Boot". A much MUCH better German U-Boat movie.

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Broyax

Nov 18, 2017

Les films de sous-marin, c'est un genre assurément difficile et délicat, car après Das Boot (Le Bateau) de Wolfgang Petersen, n'importe quel film qui tente de près ou de loin de s'en approcher ou ne fût-ce qu'effleurer le sujet en règle générale, a l'air d'une endive avariée.

Du reste,Les films de sous-marin, c'est un genre assurément difficile et délicat, car après Das Boot (Le Bateau) de Wolfgang Petersen, n'importe quel film qui tente de près ou de loin de s'en approcher ou ne fût-ce qu'effleurer le sujet en règle générale, a l'air d'une endive avariée.

Du reste, U-571 a pour lui le prétexte historique, celui de dérober la machine Enigma au nez et à la barbe des Allemands... Et à dire vrai, on y croit volontiers, au moins pendant le premier tiers. La réalisation est de bonne facture, le scénario se déroule avec rigueur et les acteurs font le boulot, malgré Mathieu MacConnard bellâtre incompétent de son triste état.

Hélas, passé le premier tiers, le film prend progressivement l'eau de toutes parts, les fissures se transforment en trous béants, puis coule le machin par le fond jusqu'aux abysses insondables du grand guignol et du foutage de gueule. On ne demande certes pas une précision historique de haute volée, juste un minimum de vraisemblance ! mais là avec U-571, c'est beaucoup trop demander, voyez-vous...

On a donc des situations de plus en plus ubuesques qui confinent au grotesque, à moins que ce ne soit une caricature plus ou moins involontaire du film de guerre sous-marinier : auquel cas, ce n'est même pas drôle y compris au 40ème degré. Voilà qui est donc fort regrettable...… Expand

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KarlB.

Jan 10, 2007

Politically incorrect film about American sailors finding the German Enigma Code. What a load of bollocks.

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