Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Masterful Movie Making!:

Brilliantly realistic treatment of early nineteenth century naval warfare, as a British warship takes on a far superior French ship during the Napoleonic Wars. Russell Crowe is mesmerizing as the British captain, Jack Aubrey. Aubrey's ship doctor and friend, brilliantly played by Paul Bettany (in quite a departure from his role in "A Beautiful Mind"), provides all sorts of dramatic tension you wouldn't expect in a typical high-seas adventure film. But this film is not typical: beyond the basic plot of a... more info

Adventure and battle on the high seas:

I approached this movie assuming I would enjoy simply because Russell Crowe is the title star of the film, but the film is much better than I anticipated. As Captain Jack Aubrey, Crowe plays the Commanding officer of the British vessel the HMS Surprise. Severely damaged by a new and more militarily advanced French warship, Aubrey must choose whether to abandon his mission and repair his ship, or do the best he can and seek revenge. As expected, Crowe's performance was excellent. He plays the role of an... more info

EVERYTHING --& more!!:

1. this is THE cute guy movie. from 8 to 80, small, tall, thin or round, this movie will have someone for you. i can only imagine my sister, who once had a list of 254 men she Truly Cared About that included people like the guy 3d from the left in the second scene of Star Trek 2, drooling like a pet of pavlov w/in the first 3 minutes.

2. & speaking of star trek-----

russell crow _IS_ Captain James T. Kirk.

this is the most postmodern movie i have ever seen!!

here is an actor playing a captain... more info

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