The Finest Hours

"32 survivors, room for 12."

2016 1h 57m EN

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6.6

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64%

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6.7

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★6.6TMDB · 1,808🍅64%Rotten Tomatoes●58Metacritic★6.7IMDB · 74,317

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Synopsis

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The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

“32 survivors, room for 12.”

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Cast

Chris Pine
Bernie Webber
Casey Affleck
Ray Sybert
Ben Foster
Richard Livesey
Eric Bana
Daniel Cluff
Holliday Grainger
Miriam Webber
John Ortiz
Wallace Quirey
Kyle Gallner
Andy Fitzgerald
John Magaro
Ervin Maske

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Craig Gillespie
Writers: Paul Tamasy, Scott Silver, Eric Johnson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 65% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Craig Gillespie, shot by Javier Aguirresarobe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Carter Burwell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Tatiana S. Riegel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Chris Pine and Casey Affleck and Ben Foster carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "32 survivors, room for 12.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Craig Gillespie directs. Javier Aguirresarobe behind the camera. Carter Burwell scores. Tatiana S. Riegel cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Earned back only 65% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 10 years ago.
4Directed by Craig Gillespie, shot by Javier Aguirresarobe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Carter Burwell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Tatiana S. Riegel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Chris Pine and Casey Affleck and Ben Foster carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "32 survivors, room for 12.".
9IMDB entry: tt2025690 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Javier Aguirresarobe
Original score: Carter Burwell
Editing: Tatiana S. Riegel
Production design: Michael Corenblith
Costume design: Louise Frogley
Makeup / hair: Whitney James
VFX supervisor: Kevin T. Hahn
Sound: Dean A. Zupancic
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $80,000,000
Box office: $52,099,090
Return: 65% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Finest Hours (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes: 64% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 58/100
IMDB rating: 6.7/10 · 74,317 votes
MPAA: PG-13

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2 wins total

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Reno2016-06-04
★ 7.5/10
A very much acceptable film that inspired by a real event except long pauses and too much ineffective sentiment. A disaster drama-thriller based on the true account of the 1952. So much better film than I anticipated. But there are a few things I did not like; like the frequent pauses in the narration where nothing really happens other that space given for the emotional background score to pull the viewers in. In a result, it did not work, definitely not for me. Yeah, in the many important scenes, it froze like it happens in the chess games before anybody move their pawn. In the crucial part of the narration, when the boat was overcrowded, there was an unnecessary pause which annoyed me. It was surely a remarkable segment of the story, but sentimentally failed to appeal or maybe you can call it a too much of the sentiment. Honestly, I liked the story, but the film exceeded its runtime to slow down the portrayal of the event which is surely a drawback than any kind of benefit. I loved the performances, everybody was good and so the CGI, which was not a top notch yet acceptable. Especially as it takes place in the dark time, they had the advantage to depict the atmosphere as much as close to how it would have looked 65 years ago and as well to avoid the errors. I never saw its trailer or the teaser, but I knew about this project and after seeing its posters I though it would be about the offshore oil rig. When I saw the film, I realised I was wrong and surprise do such thing happen in real. The film was also did not let my interest fall. Thanks to the director who always try different genre yet he's not a mega budget filmmaker. A good film, but like I said should have been even better. Especially should have out classed in the sentimental segments. I don't know how good was the digital 3D version of it, but still this regular version is worth to give it a shot. 7½/10
StbMDB2017-05-15
★ 9/10
First and foremost this film reminds me of Hacksaw Ridge, second and no less important it's just as good as the afore mentioned film in the sense that the main character is just as law-bound as the religious lad in Hacksaw going about his day saving people's lives in the middle of a hurricane, ergo in The Finest Hour's case while on sea - with a life-guard boat, just as feature-some as the soldier saving soldiers in the middle of a war without shooting a f#cking gun! And, supposedly, this happened in real life! #OhLordy that was a good watch.
r96sk2020-11-15
★ 7/10
Good. Nothing more than that, but nothing less either. <em>'The Finest Hours'</em> is a little bit too on the nose in parts, I felt like some of the cast were overacting here and there - especially Casey Affleck (Ray), not that he is bad though. Chris Pine is enjoyable in the lead role. Pacing is iffy, but the effects are excellent - from the ships to the water scenes, impressive! The (true) story, meanwhile, is as hearty as you'd expect. Worth watching.