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Annapolis

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Annapolis

PG-13

Released Jan 27, 2006

1h 38m

Drama

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

...basically a military-recruitment commercial.

Rated: C-

Nov 27, 2006

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Best never to have left dry dock with this one.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 4, 2006

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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

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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

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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

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Alfonso C

A bad 'remake' of «An Officer and A Gentleman»

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/25/25

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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