The Finest Hours Reviews

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this movie but since there was a decent cast involved and since it was available on Disney+, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, I always had a weak spot for this kind of rescue stories and this one was just quite amazing. Unfortunately, the introduction was rather weak though. Sure, I get that it was a way to introduce Bernie Webber as a soft mild-mannered man but the end-result was just rather awkward. To make things worse, the constant bashing of this main character during the beginning became rather tiresome fairly quickly. Anyway, in general, the characters were either poorly developed or not developed at all. For example, Ben Foster, one of the best character actors at work nowadays, had just a couple of uninteresting lines of dialogue and Eric Bana was stuck playing another really underwhelming bad guy.  Fortunately, from the point they finally get to sea to save these guys, the whole thing became seriously thrilling to behold. Indeed, the scenes when you get to see these small boat facing this huge storm were just quite amazing. Eventually, they had some impossible odds to face and even thought the outcome was completely predictable, it was still quite spellbinding. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it still turned out to be an entertaining and uplifting movie and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.