DIRECTOR
Wolfgang Petersen

WRITER(S)
William D. Wittliff

CAST
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, John C. Reilly, William Fichtner, John Hawkes, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

MPAA RATING
PG-13

RUNNING TIME
129 Minutes

STUDIO
Warner Bros.

Notice I said 30 minutes. Not 5 minutes, which is a long enough goodbye, but 30 minutes! How many times can you say, "I have to go fishing again. I'll be back soon. I miss you. Maybe I shouldn't go. I don't want to go because I'll miss you, but I love to fish."

Not only is the movie's pacing a big flaw, but so are those cardboard cutouts the movie refers to as characters, who consist of George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and some other crewman.

None are worth caring for. I thought to myself several times, "I forgot he was in the movie." Only John C. Reilly resembles anything of a real human being in the film.

After the crew has struck it rich in fish, they return home, only to find out the worst storm in history is waiting for them. They decide to risk their lives for a big payday rather than waiting the storm out.

The movie also spews out into a couple of subplots involving a rescue crew. All that did was take away your attention from the fishermen. As if we needed another distraction. For our sake, the storm is one bad mutha...

Roaring with waves, the storm is very realistic. The effects are top of the line. When the suspense finally kicks in, it's too little to late. You've already been worn down by the pacing, that when the tidal wave shows up, you just hope it wipes out everything, including the movie reel.