The Deep

2012

1 hr. 33 min.

Drama

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94%

32 Reviews

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64%

250+ Ratings

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The sole survivor of a tragic shipwreck tries to survive in the freezing ocean off the coast of Iceland.

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....WARNING YOU HAVE GOT TO WATCH THE END OF THE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE AS SOMETHING HAPPENES AT THE END OF THE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE........

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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The Deep is probably a movie which will disgust you and make you sea-sick after a point, but at its best it is also a very moving film of ordinary, inexplicable survival.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Slight but moving tale that skips melodrama and leaves you idly wondering about its central message.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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I was unaware that this was based on a true story until near the end, on finding this out I felt it intensified how brilliant the film was. It is a very dark, bleak style film, very tragic despite its simplicity but I loved it! A must watch !

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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A great little film with an outstanding performance by the central character. Gently paced for maximum effect

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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An incredible true story superbly depicted.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Baltasar Kormákur

Director

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Gulli

Joi Johannsson

Palli

Theodór Júlíusson

Gulli's Father

Björn Thors

Hannes

Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir

Halla

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Kormakur's film suggests that the enigma of Gulli can somehow be found in his peasant humility, his connections to his community.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 9, 2013

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Even knowing the outcome ... doesn't diminish the intensity and awe of watching it recreated in this deftly framed docudrama by prodigious Icelandic auteur Kormakur.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 8, 2013

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

[Gulli's] story's pretty remarkable. But this film achieves a real kind of lonely magic when he's bobbing on the waves under the night sky, talking to a gull.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 18, 2013

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson is spectacular in such a difficult performance, one that purely relies on body language to show the depths of pain this guy went through to survive.

Oct 21, 2022

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Daniel Green

CineVue

Our protagonist is watchable at all times thanks to a decent lead turn from Ólafsson, but remains hamstrung by Kormákur journeyman-like approach to an extraordinary triumph of human spirit.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 26, 2019

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PJ Nabarro

Patrick Nabarro

There's such a broody feel to proceedings; it's not realism as such, because there are mournful sequences where the fishermen disappear into the ether of the Atlantic Ocean.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 16, 2018

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Synopsis

The sole survivor of a tragic shipwreck tries to survive in the freezing ocean off the coast of Iceland.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Screenwriter: Baltasar Kormákur, Jón Atli Jónason
Production Co: Blueeyes Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Icelandic
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016

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