Fresh
Viewers will leave with a fine sense of how it felt to be on that blazing rig, but they'll still have plenty of questions about how and why things went so wrong.
David Sims, The Atlantic
Deepwater Horizon
When faced with our darkest hour, hope is not a tactic.
2016 · 1h 47m · PG-13
Action, Drama
Directed by
Peter Berg
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Deepwater Horizon
Overview
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Director and cast
- Peter Berg Director
- Mark Wahlberg as Mike Williams
- Kurt Russell as Jimmy Harrell
- John Malkovich as Donald Vidrine
- Gina Rodriguez as Andrea Fleytas
- Dylan O'Brien as Caleb Holloway
- Kate Hudson as Felicia Williams
- J.D. Evermore as Dewey Revette
- Ethan Suplee as Jason Anderson
- Dave Maldonado as Capt. Curt Kuchta
- Henry Frost as Shane Roshto
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In short, Peter Berg has done it again. You come out shaken with excitement, but with a touch of shame, too, at being so easily thrilled.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
My only serious complaint about Deepwater Horizon is that it's not quite the muckraker I'd hoped for.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
The film depicts the worst oil spill in American history and director Peter Berg recreates the cataclysm of that day with unbearable tension and healing compassion.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
You can't help marveling at the tightrope the filmmakers walk: honoring their courage and sacrifice while making an action flick entertaining enough to justify the more than $100 million it took to make it come alive on-screen.
Bob Mondello, NPR
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