U-571 is junk as history; as a mindless Saturday night action flick, its pretty good

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 26, 2022

Well-executed but troubling wartime historical revisionism.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 15, 2021

... more like a Star Trek television episode

| Original Score: C | Aug 7, 2013

A very tense and exciting war movie.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 29, 2010

[Both] a rousing action thriller...[and] near-parody of the rah-rah American military adventures that filled screens in the '40s and '50s. [Blu-Ray]

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 20, 2008

Delivers action scenes that are both visually dynamic and highly suspenseful.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2008

I've never seen a movie as dependent on a fancy sound system.

| Original Score: C- | Jul 25, 2007

The film needs something more to make it interesting and different.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 14, 2007

Without much charge and even less depth.

| Feb 9, 2006

Like the rusted old subs deployed in the story, the picture seems designed to stay in the safe shallows and not to plumb any real dramatic depths.

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 6, 2005

It's a wham-bam bumpy ride, great fun in the old-fashioned war movie tradition.

| Original Score: B | Jul 21, 2005

A top-notch, high quality actioner that is destined to hit its male-oriented, testosterone-driven demographic and make a pile of money in the process.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 9, 2005

It's really hard to go wrong with a submarine war movie.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 27, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 14, 2003

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 25, 2003

This film has the effects and the performances to keep the thrill ride going non-stop.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

(Mostow's) theme of what it takes to be a leader nearly breaks a surprisingly decent action film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2002

Sharply edited and vigorously directed and performed.

| Dec 2, 2002

For all its realistic bluster, feels vaguely hollow.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 24, 2002

U-571 superbly mixes classic touches and brand-new thrills.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 7, 2002