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The Abyss
There's everything you've ever known about adventure, and then there's The Abyss.
There's everything you've ever known about adventure, and then there'...
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller - 1989
7.5
89%
62
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
139 min
Release date:
9 Aug 1989
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$70,000,000
Revenue:
$90,000,098
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 15 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
This overlong concoction is scuppered by dire dialogue, histrionic performances and maudlin sentimentality.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
A firstrate underwater suspenser with an otherworldly twist, The Abyss suffers from a payoff unworthy of its buildup.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
19 Jun 2008
rotten:
The attempt to extract the essences of several genres (cold-war submarine thriller, love story, Disney fantasy, pseudomystical SF in the Spielberg mode) and mix them together ultimately leads to giddy incoherence.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
6 Jun 2007
fresh:
Anyone looking for a discouraging word about this stupendously exciting and emotionally engulfing film should read no further. The Abyss confirms James Cameron as a world-class filmmaker.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
fresh:
The human stuff is more than worth the descent.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
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