Review: "The Finest Hours" Chronicles Heroic Coast Guard Rescue

In 2014, director Craig Gillespie turned an inspiring story about a sports agent coaching young athletes from India into great entertainment with his film Million Dollar Arm. The drama was innocuous and traditional but was built strongly enough that the film’s effectiveness was seldom in doubt.

Gillespie has now followed that film up with The Finest Hours, another traditional but inspiring look at a man who overcame doubters to succeed beyond any doubt.

Instead of a former sports agent serving as the lead, the main character here is Bernie Webber (Chris Pine) — a conservative member of the Coast Guard who never met a regulation he wasn't willing to follow. After falling in love with a kind-hearted woman named Miriam (Holliday Grainger), Webber plans to ask his supervisor’s...

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Nov 23rd 2021
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