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The Mercy

2018

James Marsh

Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis, Jonathan Bailey ...

5.4

1,176

Adventure. Drama. Romance Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst's disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race ends up with him creating an outrageous account of traveling the world alone by sea.

	Media	Author	Review
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Buoyed by a performance of customary reserve and resolve from Colin Firth, 'The Mercy' tells its story (...) about as well as it can be told. Yet there’s no denying it’s a muted, disconsolate affair"
		Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"Uninspired biopic (...) This unresolved maritime mystery feels oddly flat and functional, diluting a tragic tale full of unanswered questions into an anodyne middlebrow weepie."
		Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"[Firth's] performance, though, ranks with his very finest work (...) A understated and affecting performance [by Weisz] (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Andrew Lowry Empire	"This is astonishingly brutal. And Firth’s performance makes this dark, dark story land (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jasper Rees Telegraph	"Firth is excellent (...) 'The Mercy' movingly portrays what it was like to be related to Crowhurst"
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"Downplaying the selfishness and irresponsibility of Crowhurst’s actions, Marsh has made a movie about a man playing the part of a hero (...) [There is] something quietly touching, even soulful, in the character’s wretchedness"
		Kim Newman Screendaily	"It’s absorbing enough and benefits from fine performances"
		Peter Sobczynski rogerebert.com	"The fatal flaw of 'The Mercy' is that it has all the ingredients but no particular idea of how to interpret them in a compelling manner. The film has been made with plenty of sincerity (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Terry Payne Radio Times	"'The Mercy' is a powerful and compelling story told with care and compassion by a brilliant cast (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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