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All three actors turn in solid, committed performances despite physically limiting surroundings, even as you're left with the inescapable feeling that this raft has sailed.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times
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Against the Sun
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A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.
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A groaningly tedious survival story that will at least leave you with a renewed commitment to wearing sunscreen.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
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