Rotten
Such a total disaster that it would have been an act of kindness for all concerned to have never released it.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
The Big Blue
Danger...Like Passion...Runs Deep
1988 · 2h 48m · PG
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Luc Besson
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The Big Blue
Overview
Childhood friends Jacques and Enzo share a passion for the danger of free diving. Jacques, following in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy, harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing patterns in the water, with his vital signs more closely resembling those of dolphins than men.
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Top critics, in their words
62%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Besson fatally misjudges the cinematic interest of his theme.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
The film's undersea footage has a powerful otherworldly quality, much as if it were unfolding in outer space, as indeed it might be.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
The subtext is easy to follow; it's the screenplay that's impossible.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Rotten
What he and his writers have cooked up defies our patience.
Steven Rosen, Denver Post
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