The Cruel Sea
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Movie Reviews of The Cruel Sea
Movie Review: Great Movie!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is very entertaining, but can be boring at times. But hey, what do you expect? It was made in 1953. Jack Hawkins plays a great role. Some other good movies by him are Ben Hur and The Bridge over the River Kwai. Oh, Stanley Baker is good too. I just wished they gave him a bigger role.Movie Review: war at sea
Summary: 5 Stars
received the dvd quickly and as promised. I first saw this when I was in the Navy. it was a great movie then and has only gotten better with age. One of the great pictures of the war at sea in World War 11.
It is highly recommended without reservation.
Movie Review: U-boat wars
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a gritty, realistic (real warships), technically correct story about the entire war in the Atlantic. Life on board a corvette and frigate during the Battle of the Atlantic.Movie Review: A realistic and thoughtful look at men at war, with a fine performance by Jack Hawkins
Summary: 4 Stars
The Cruel Sea is, in my view, one of the best movies yet made dealing with naval men at war in WWII. It's the story of the Compass Rose, newly commissioned in 1940 as a convoy escort, and the officers and men who served on her. Her captain (Jack Hawkins) was fresh from the merchant marine; her new officers had seen almost no sea duty. They learned on the job as they protected convoys in the North Atlantic and then in the run to the Mediterranean.
What makes this movie so good is its matter-of-factness. There are no heroics, just men learning their jobs and doing their duty, with some who die and some who survive. The scene where Captain Ericson decides to use depth charges to destroy a suspected submarine hiding below a group of struggling survivors from a torpedoed freighter is harrowing. The DVD I saw has a good but by no means first-class image transfer.
The novel, The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat, is largely forgotten now. It remains one of the most evocative books to come out of WWII. The movie is well worth seeing. The book is certainly well worth reading.
Movie Review: An Almost Perfect Cast
Summary: 4 Stars
I consider, "The Cruel Sea" based on the novel by Nicholas Montserrat to be one of the better and more realistic films on the Second World War to be made in post war Britain. It is understaed and mostly well acted. Jack Hawkins fits easily into the part of captain and he is well supported by Donlad Sinden who had not, at that time, become a caricature of hiself with his ridiculous voice. Stanley Baker is excellent as the boorish former car salesman with his cry of, "Snorkers, good oh!" referring to the awful tinned sausages and he is counterbalanced beautifully by a young Denholm Elliot who is cuckholded by his theatrical wife. There is a stark realism which brings home the sheer awfulness of the daily risk and drudgery and fear that makes up war.