The Finest Hoursis a humbling story with visual grandeur.

This film truly makes you sink in (pun intended) the virulent calamitousness of the ocean.

This creates a looming bitter irony, as the audience foresees the imminent threat.

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The entire cast fully embodies the spirit of the time.

Affleck manages to turn his man of few words into the movies most compelling figure.

She plays the coxswains fiancee Miriam, a woman thats as feisty as Webber is rule-bound.

Miriam is proactive, she takes action, and she has the initiative of asking Bernie to get married.

And when the moment of truth comes,The Finest Hoursis a fully respectable nautical nail-biter.

Rating:

4 out of 5