Review: Men Of Honor
Carl Brashear was quite a guy. A black sharecropper's son without a high school education, he signed up for the Navy right after World War II. ...
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert - 11/10/00
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A Black First In the Navy, Very Manly And Tough
The NY Times review of Men of Honor, a George Tillman, Jr. film starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding, Jr.. Men of Honor movie trailer, ...
The New York Times - A. O. Scott - 11/10/00
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Review: Men of Honor
20th Century Fox seems to be placing their Oscar hopes squarely on the shoulders of Men of Honor , a high-profile, politically correct drama about ...
Reelviews - James Berardinelli
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Dishonourable
In the new Hollywood drama Men Of Honor, any similarity to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental. That is disturbing and surprising ...
Canoe.ca - BRUCE KIRKLAND - 11/10/00
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Review: Men of Honor
Potent acting enlivens this true story of a black Navy diver fighting 1950s racism President Clinton led the standing ovation at the White House ...
Rolling Stone - Editorial Review
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Film with honour
All Carl Brashear ever wanted was to become a Navy diver. Carl had to over come enormous odds. He was a poor sharecropper's son with a Grade 7 ...
Canoe.ca - LOUIS B. HOBSON - 11/10/00
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Review: MEN OF HONOR
Heroes are hard to find, so it feels churlish to carp about a film that tells the true story of sailor Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.), ...
TV Guide - Steve Simels
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BBC - Films - review - Men of Honor
A black man (who begins naval life as a cook) eventually gets accepted into the US Navy diving school at a time when racism and segregation is ...
BBC - Jane Crowther - 03/19/01
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Review: Men of Honor
Cuba Gooding Jr., John DuClos and Robert De Niro in Men of Honor . Cuba Gooding, Jr. is one of the acting profession's most underrated talents. ...
Palo Alto Online - Jeanne Aufmuth
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Review: Men of Honor
Diving movies rule ! I just can t seem to get enough of the thrill of the being submerged in hundreds of feet of water with the ever-present ...
FilmCritic.com - Max Messier
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Review: Men of Honor
"My name is Master Chief Billy Sunday. And I AM God!" It astonishes me how films, especially biopics, like to make its protagonist an ...
FilmBlather.com - Eugene Novikov
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Review: Men of Honor
"Men of Honor" tries to be a lot of things -- inspiring against-all-odds story, poignant human drama, exciting macho adventure -- but the thing it ...
EricDSnider.com - Eric D. Snider
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Review: Men Of Honor
Based on a true story, Robert DeNiro is racist naval commander Billy Sunday who puts African American Charles Brashear (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) through ...
Film Threat - Chris Gore - 11/16/00
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MEN OF HONOR Film Review
Carl Brashear is a little-known but important figure in the American civil rights movement--little-known since the battle he fought was personal; ...
Boxoffice Online - Barbara Goslawski
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Review: Men Of Honour
The sort of picture studios make in the hope of a bunch of awards (note the presence of previous winners and nominees), but which tends to fall ...
Empire Online - Kim Newman
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Gooding Goes for the Glory
CultureDose.net - John Nesbit - 01/27/02
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Review: Men of Honor
Hollywood.com - Jacqueline Bendy
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Review: Men Of Honor (2000)
Official site: http://www.foxmovies.com/navydivercs.html IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0203019 Written by: Scott Marshall Smith Directed ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Rose 'Bams' Cooper - 11/13/00
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DeNiro and Gooding Go Diving for Greatness
Pros Gooding and DeNiro give good, thoughtful performances Cons George Tillman directs the movie with a ham fist inside a velvet glove The Bottom ...
Epinions - Grouch - 05/29/01
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Dubious Honor for DeNiro..."Because They Said I Couldn't Have it!"
Pros story based on a true one; DeNiro and Gooding Jr, No gratuitous sex, photography Cons Drones a little. Honor or winning?, no gratuitous sex, ...
Epinions - artbyjude
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Men of Honor: An Honorable Try
Pros Good lead performance propel inspirational, uplifting message film. Cons Cardboard supporting characters, predictable and an off-track ...
Epinions - ChrisJarmick - 04/19/01
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Review: Men of Honor (2000)
Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) was born to a poor share cropping family in the Deep South. His daddy's admonishment of "don't end up like me" ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Robin Clifford - 11/10/00
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Review: Men of Honor (2000)
MEN OF HONOR (2000) **1/2 Directed by George Tillman. Written by Scott Marshall Smith, based on the life of Carl Brashear. ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - edwin jahiel - 11/17/00
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Racism Is Bad
Pros It's not even good that Men of Honor tries to teach a good lesson, Cons . . . since it stumbles so badly in the attempt. ...
Epinions - Sloucho - 04/27/01
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Review: Men of Honor (2000)
Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis, Hal Holbrook, David Keith, Michael Rapaport, Powers Boothe, Joshua Leonard, ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Edward Johnson-Ott - 11/10/00
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