Fresh
Petersen's expert direction ensures it remains gripping, keeping the tension ratcheted right up and commendably steering it all home within 100 minutes.
Nick Funnell, Time Out
Poseidon
Mayday
2006 · 1h 38m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Wolfgang Petersen
Overview
A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.
Director and cast
- Wolfgang Petersen Director
- Josh Lucas as Dylan Johns
- Kurt Russell as Robert Ramsey
- Jacinda Barrett as Maggie James
- Richard Dreyfuss as Richard Nelson
- Emmy Rossum as Jennifer Ramsey
- Mía Maestro as Elena
- Mike Vogel as Christian
- Kevin Dillon as Lucky Larry
- Freddy Rodríguez as Valentin
- Jimmy Bennett as Conor James
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Poseidon betrays a studio mindset that can only hasten the current erosion of movie attendance -- skimping on human content while betting heedlessly on boom boom boom and gurgle gurgle gurgle.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Rotten
As a humanist, I applaud the respect for life, but I miss the campy fun. The movie is, in all senses, a big downer.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
... a waterlogged, unnecessary re-imagining of the cheesy blockbuster from the Seventies heyday of disaster films.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
Throughout the movie, Petersen has a dynamic feel for the rush and heave of the deluge, the pent-up energy, the sheer heft and momentum.
David Denby, New Yorker
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