Rent The Mercy (2018)
3.1 of 5 from 409 ratings
1h 38min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Academy Award winner Colin Firth portrays the incredible true story of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor who competed in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping. With an unfinished boat and his business and house on the line, Donald leaves his wife, Clare (Rachel Weisz) and their children behind, hesitantly embarking on an adventure on his boat the Teignmouth Electron.
- Actors:
- Rachel Weisz, Colin Firth, David Thewlis, Mark Gatiss, Andrew Buchan, Genevieve Gaunt, Ken Stott, Jonathan Bailey, Finn Elliot, Adrian Schiller, Sam Hoare, Anna Madeley, Tim Downie, Sebastian Armesto, Dilyana Bouklieva, Kit Connor, Simon Chandler, Oliver Maltman, Eleanor Stagg, Laurence Spellman
- Directors:
- James Marsh
- Producers:
- Graham Broadbent, Scott Z. Burns, Peter Czernin, Nicolas Mauvernay, Jacques Perrin
- Writers:
- Scott Z. Burns
- Aka:
- Deep Water
- Studio:
- StudioCanal
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Cinema Afloat: Part 3, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/06/2018
- Run Time:
- 102 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Roundtable with Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and Danny Leigh
- Behind the Scenes Featurette
- Donald Featurette
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Reviews (5) of The Mercy
Brilliant study of one man's obsession and descent into madness - The Mercy review by PV
This is the sort of movie we are unlikely to see much more of, in these anti-male metoo days, where white men are the enemy and movies must have ethnic and female leads to get made. This is such a shame - but now Holloywood is racist and sexist against white men - as indeed is the BBC and UK TV drama. Shame.
Because this is just brilliant - with a performance by Colin Firth worthy of an Oscar.
This man's journey and descent into madness is played pitch-perfect and it is all too believable.
Many thanks to the casting director for NOYT ticking the diversity boxes and using black actors in Devon in the late 1960s! A shame other drama and movies (yes looking at YOU Endeavour, Midsomer Murders, all BBC drama set in the 20th C) cannot do the same. Watch DARNEST HOUR for the absurdity of token blacks at parliament in 1940!
5 stars. No faults at all. Just BRILLIANT. And I don't even like sailing!
3 out of 14 members found this review helpful.
Did exactly what it said on the pack - The Mercy review by JK
No pretensions just a straightforward film about a man whose choices diminished as the waves grew bigger
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Watchable for a quiet night in - The Mercy review by BE
A reasonably enjoyable movie well acted by Colin Firth as the lead player. The scenes involving wife and children looked a bit staged, with them and the rest of the cast not looking comfortable in this 1968 - 69 setting. I was not aware of this true story so was a bit surprised at what I thought was going to be a predictable ending.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.