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NUMBERS
Box Office: $35,100,183
VHS Rentals: $9,080,000
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CONSENSUS
A gripping drama even though the filmmakers have taken liberties with the facts.
CAST & CREW
Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
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SYNOPSIS
Inspired by a true story that was kept secret until the fall of communism, K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER is a tale of ordinary men who sacrifice everything for their shipmates and their country. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, disturbing images
RUNTIME
2 hours, 18 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Jul 19, 2002
Video: Dec 10, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Paramount Pictures
GENRE
Action/Adventure, Dramas, Action, Thriller, Undersea, Historical, Submarines, 1960s, Russia
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official K-19: The Widowmaker Site
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SOUNDTRACK REVIEWS
PARENTS EVALUATION
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 "The first hour is tedious though Ford and Neeson capably hold our interest, but its just not a thrilling movie."
-- Victoria Alexander, FILMSINREVIEW.COM
 "Impressive and powerful, but lacking that special something to make it a must see.
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-- Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD
"As if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges, Kathryn Bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness. Her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"Message movie or an action-packed submarine spectacular? Alas, it's neither."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
"A very depressing movie of many missed opportunities."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"It's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look."
-- Margaret Berry, FILMCRITIC.COM
"...gripping and handsome execution, (but) there isn't much about K-19 that's unique or memorable."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"K-19 exploits our substantial collective fear of nuclear holocaust to generate cheap Hollywood tension."
-- Josef Braun, VUE WEEKLY (EDMONTON, CANADA)
"As commander-in-chief of this film, Bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world."
-- Luanne Brown, CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD
"It's a terrifically dramatic story, but in Bigelow's hands it never feels 'Hollywood.'"
-- Robert W. Butler, KANSAS CITY STAR
"This u-boat doesn't have a captain."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"With or without ballast tanks, K-19 sinks to a Harrison Ford low."
-- Michael Clawson, WEST VALLEY VIEW
"Bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense, and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly."
-- Paul Clinton, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
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"'Interesante y disfrutable trabajo gracias a que prescinde del clásico elemento estadounidense patriotero y manipulador.'"
-- Jorge Avila Andrade, MOVIOLA
"Just as K-19 begins to nosedive into an abyss of military-saga formula things begin to heat up. Literally."
-- Bruce Bennett, SPECTRUM (ST. GEORGE, UTAH)
"The movie's true hero -- or heroine -- is Bigelow, who once again proves herself one of the very best action directors around."
-- Jason Best, BBCI FILMS
"At no point during K-19:The Widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that, though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty, courage and dedication to a common goal, never seems to leave the lot."
-- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES
"Though a capable thriller, somewhere along the way K-19 jettisoned some crucial drama."
-- Ross Brooks, CITYSEARCH
"Not quite on par with Das Boot, but it's the first film in a long time worthy of comparison with Wolfgang Petersen's 1981 masterpiece."
-- Jeffrey Bruner, DES MOINES REGISTER
"Ford deserves to be remembered at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier."
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
"Remains curiously less compelling than Spock’s big scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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-- Erik Childress, EFILMCRITIC.COM
"...good filmmaking but the sustained clenched jaw aspect may be a turn off for some."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"K 19 stays afloat as decent drama/action flick"
-- Linda Cook, QUAD CITY TIMES (DAVENPORT, IA)
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FRESH 66%
Avg. Rating: 6.6/10 |
"A thriller without a lot of thrills."
-- John Anderson, NEWSDAY
"K-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories, but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of Man confronting the Demons of his own fear and paranoia."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"Though this saga would be terrific to read about, it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"K-19: The Widowmaker is a great yarn."
-- Paul Clinton, CNN
"[Bigelow] is an expert technician who never steps wrong and is skilled at exploiting the personal qualities of Ford and Neeson to add another level of uncertainty."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"It's almost impossible not to be moved by the movie's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia."
-- Jonathan Foreman, NEW YORK POST
"A taut, sobering film."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"K-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic, but it holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"This submarine drama earns the right to be favorably compared to Das Boot."
-- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"More intellectually scary than dramatically involving."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
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"Not once in the rush to save the day did I become very involved in the proceedings; to me, it was just a matter of 'eh.'"
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
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