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Play trailer Poster for Annapolis PG-13 Released Jan 27, 2006 1h 38m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A young man from the wrong side of the tracks realizes his dream of attending the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland. However, once there, he begins to suffer from self-doubt and wonders if he can truly measure up to the standards held by the revered institution.
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Stocked with leading men who look the part but lacking an iota of original plot, Annapolis is merely a watery shadow of superior seafaring military dramas.

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Brian Tallerico UGO Annapolis throws the same punches as many of its inspirational fellow cadets and almost, but not quite, wins the fight. Mar 24, 2007 Full Review Scott Tobias AV Club ...basically a military-recruitment commercial. Rated: C- Nov 27, 2006 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Best never to have left dry dock with this one. Rated: 1/5 Feb 4, 2006 Full Review Joshua Starnes ComingSoon.net Annapolis has the seeds of a good, if derivative, film in it, but gives that up in favor of being a mediocre boxing film. Rated: 5/10 Dec 28, 2010 Full Review Paul Chambers CNNRadio This military drama never gets moving. Just mainly posturing by all sides concerned. The screenplay was definitely missing in action. Paul Chambers, CNN. Rated: D+ Apr 3, 2010 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Character development and narrative substance are absent in this wispy movie about beefcake and getting a knack for teamwork in an oppressive atmosphere. Rated: D+ Apr 15, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alfonso C A bad 'remake' of «An Officer and A Gentleman» Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/25/25 Full Review Shay C I remember this movie on all the time when I was a kid. My family would watch it together over and over. It's pretty good. I suppose it's not very original, but seeing as I have no other reference, that works for me. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/17/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a dismal, embarrassing and juvenile attempt at filmmaking from virtual every possible angle. The sole enjoyable moment of the movie was Vicellous Shannon's line about being not only the president of his weight-gain club, but also a client. The plotline was disjointed and indecisive. Presented as a military seafaring story, it quickly devolved into a bizarre amalgam of "Full Metal Jacket" meets "Rocky" littered with good actors doing terrible jobs, each acting as if they were delivering soliloquys in a high school chamber theater production starring only themselves. Cliche and predictable. I can't believe I sat through the whole thing. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It's like this movie was written by someone who attended the Naval Academy for their boxing program, dropped out from too many concussions then finished his undergrad at an online film school Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Pathetic. Cheap banal moral for minus habens. Probably it was written by a 4 years old hillbilly, Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member You know how some movies are so bad they are good? Well it's not this one. We walked out about 50 min into it. Absolutely painful to watch James Franco be cast in this mess. Think of the worst after school special crashing into the worst Lifetime movie and the surging pieces reconstructed by a 7 year old. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Justin Lin

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James Franco

Jake Huard

Tyrese Gibson

Cole

Jordana Brewster

Ali

Donnie Wahlberg

Lt. Cmdr. Burton

Vicellous Reon Shannon

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Synopsis A young man from the wrong side of the tracks realizes his dream of attending the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland. However, once there, he begins to suffer from self-doubt and wonders if he can truly measure up to the standards held by the revered institution.
Director
Justin Lin
Producer
Damien Saccani, Mark Vahradian
Screenwriter
David Collard
Distributor
Walt Disney Pictures
Production Co
Touchstone Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language|Some Violence)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 27, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.1M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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