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Directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures, The Finest Hours is about one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.
The Disney "based on a true story" course is tried and true, and the end result is a movie that never manages much excitement or tension, despite trying so earnestly you almost root for it.
The crews of the Pendleton and of the CG-36500, which rescued them, demonstrated formidable courage and ingenuity in coming out of the devastating nor'easter alive. These folks deserve more than a middling January release.
Maybe it's just the History Channel junkie in me, but I would much rather be seeing a documentary about this mission than a trumped-up drama featuring brand-name actors and CGI squalls.