{"id":622,"date":"2016-06-08T02:09:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T02:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/?p=622"},"modified":"2016-11-30T11:32:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T11:32:38","slug":"the-best-you-can-do-in-a-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2016\/06\/the-best-you-can-do-in-a-storm.html","title":{"rendered":"The best you can do in a storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

DVD movie review<\/strong><\/p>\n

Romance begins Disney\u2019s The Finest Hours<\/em> (2016, USA).\u00a0Coast guard Bernie Webster and his girlfriend Miriam are a couple on a double date, one evening, circa 1952.\u00a0They have known one another for a few months, but marriage may be on the horizon for the couple.<\/p>\n

That may be if coast guard Bernie can navigate his way through a storm and rescue an oil tanker off the Cape Cod coast in his small boat with three more crew. Back on the coastline, Miriam\u2019s anxiety is fever pitch over her boyfriend Bernie to survive.<\/p>\n

The ship has a major, I mean, major leak.<\/p>\n

Bernie is described as a \u201cgood man\u201d. He may get his crew through the storm, to save the thirty-two men on the tanker.\u00a0It has been dubbed the \u201cgreatest small boat rescue in history\u201d.<\/p>\n

Director Craig Gillespie and his crew convincingly recreates the effects of a storm. You would believe it is real.\u00a0Not everything about this film is stormy weather, though it is a significant feature of this film.<\/p>\n

Ray Sybert tries to convince his men about how best to manage the ship\u2019s leak inside the tanker. Casey Affleck as Ray puts in the film\u2019s stellar performance.<\/p>\n

Bernie is quietly confident to\u2018save the day\u2019 with a crew of only four in a small boat , though the men at the coast guard chide him about his former failure on the job.<\/p>\n

The film is populated with strong male characters–Bernie\u2019s supervisor, the men on the coast guard, and the crew of the oil tanker.<\/p>\n

The film isn\u2019t for a summer night out at the theater, but it is good, undemanding entertainment for home video.\u00a0With a blossoming romance, The Finest Hours<\/em> is a good film for couples who may enjoy something traditional.<\/p>\n

However, the middle section of this film sinks the momentum a little, as it more or less drags.<\/p>\n

Life at the movies moment:<\/p>\n

Bernie\u2019s approach to save the ship\u2019s crew is uncanny. Of course, he knows how to man a boat, but in this weather, his boating is gut instinct and wits.\u00a0 How he can save them in that weather is a matter of following his nose and using his resources the best he can.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, gut instinct is all you have.<\/p>\n

Whatever you have, can make something in life work out for good.<\/p>\n

This film tells it honestly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Warnings<\/strong>\u2014brief profanity in perilous situations<\/p>\n

Notes<\/strong>: Chris Pine (Bernie Webber), Casey Affleck (Ray Sybert), Eric Bana (Daniel Cluff), Holliday Granger (Miriam), Craig Gillespie (Director)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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