Down Periscope

Ce film est magnifique drôle touchant et Kelsey Grammer joue à la perfection ce rôle de commandant atypique

so good

Read your description of this movie, Apple. “Nuclear submarine corpse”? Yes, we know the movie died a horrible death, but this is a little over the top, don’t you think? 😳

Down Periscope, unlike the ocean it’s set it, isn’t deep. There’s no complex subtext or allegory to the story or humor. It is what it is, a fun and funny movie. And that’s just fine. The plot is believable, the humor genuine, the slapstick not over played, the characters likeable and the cast genuinely seemed to have a good time making this film; their energy and enthusiasm shows in there performances. My only knock is that it’s completely formulaic. You know the crew are going to triumph in the end and the story doesn’t try very hard to make you think otherwise. But this is only a minor knock because, again, this isn’t a movie with a layered agenda. It’s just escapist, make you laugh fun. Is it kid friendly? While the humor skirts the line of crude at times, it doesn’t go overboard. And the crassness is only a small part of the overall comedic tone. Very little foul language, all rather PG in nature. Safe for 11-12 and up. You might want to screen it for younger folks.

Love this movie. It’s no masterpiece, but for some reason I like it, and I can watch it over and over again.

But I am very close to adding it to my iTunes library. While many can consider the humour offensive, I found it HILARIOUS! I literally bought this movie out of Walmart's $5 bin, having never seen it before. I'm not a fan of Kelsey Grammer, but dayum! He is perfect in this role! It very quickly rose to one of my top 10 comedies of all time! Bruce Dern, Rip Torn, and many others really make this movie a work of genious. I find this movie SO funny, that despite having it on DVD(from Walmart's $5 bin), I am more than williing to pay ANOTHER $9.99 to have it in my iTunes library, as soon as I have the funds available to do so! I just watched it again, for the Nth time, and am currently in tears at how funny this movie is. If you don't enjoy this movie for the comedy it is, either you are taking it too seriously, or you need to have a "funny bone" installed.

Hey dummies it's submarine corp not corpse. The movie is very funny with good ending. A movie I watch a lot.

This movie will keep you laughing

First, I really like Kelsey Grammar. He did a good job in the movie. I liked the supporting cast. I don't know what Rotten Tomatoes was thinking but it is a light hearted, fun movie. I found myself laughing out loud and caring about the characters. My true rating for this movie would be 4.5.

Down Periscope is the only film im aware of that has comedy set up for the Navy. Kelsey Grammer (of Frasier fame) plays as an idiotic commander of an old WWII sub for War Games. Rob Schneider joins in a great supporting cast; and as far as military comedies go this is one of the tops. There's only 4 films that i consider tops (M*A*S*H*, Good Morning Vietnam, Down Periscope and Rennaisance Man) this is a film that requires the viewer to pay attention for the first time, but after that you seem to just know. So mateys are ye ready for a laugh at the Navy? then get to it!