80
Metascore
24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA spooky, moving documentary.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranDisturbing, unnerving and wire-to-wire involving, Deep Water is the story of a dream that got so wildly out of hand that it ensnared the dreamer in an intricate trap of his own devising.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttA stunning documentary that not only beautifully elucidates a nearly forgotten incident but touches on crucial themes involving isolation, sanity, self-worth, impossible dreams, the nature of heroism and limits of human endurance.
- Again and again you want to shout at the screen: “Turn back. All will be forgiven.” This tale of risk, though, ends not with man conquering nature but in calamitous failure.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThis fine documentary mixes archival footage, interviews with the sailor's family and sponsors, and - most amazingly - excerpts from the film and audiotape diary kept by Crowhurst.
- 70VarietyDeborah YoungVarietyDeborah YoungAs it explores the limits of human endurance, the pic should suck even landlubbers into a whirlpool of gripping adventure, overblown ambitions and sheer human folly.
- 70L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasIt is the point -- and the power -- of Deep Water that the vast, unknowable fathoms of the sea are rivaled only by those of the human psyche.
- 60EmpireAnna SmithEmpireAnna SmithA sad story, but well told, with respect for its subject and an eye for the Shakespearian tragedy in the tale.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceCo-directors Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell have done a commendable job of making Deep Water . . . well, not boring.