Christopher Columbus: The Discovery 1992

Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune: George Corraface would look more comfortable in a Calvin Klein underwear ad than at the helm of a ship. Read more

Peter Rainer, Los Angeles Times: It's not politically correct. It's also not cinematically correct, humanly correct or historically correct. Read more

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: Cast in the title role is George Corraface, whose credits include Not Without My Daughter and Impromptu. Does he overact? Let's just say that I think I heard him frown. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Released in 1,492 theaters on Friday, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery should be gone from most of them faster than you can hoist the mainsails and shiver your timbers. Read more

Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: The film benefits greatly from the use of three totally authentic ship replicas, but the real thing -- as presented in the PBS series about Columbus -- is still much more inspiring. Read more

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Expensive, sloppy and, at its most ambitious, a frail reminder of the Warner Brothers swashbucklers that Michael Curtiz used to turn out with Errol Flynn. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Christopher Columbus: The Discovery lacks even the misplaced energy of a camp folly. It's limp and exhausted -- a bloodless swashbuckler. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This movie takes one of history's great stories and treats it in such a lackluster manner that Columbus' voyage seems as endless to us as it did to his crew. Read more

Steve Grant, Time Out: It's hard to fathom the minds of people who could make this kind of tripe. Read more

Lisa Nesselson, Variety: John Glen's take on the Genovese explorer adds up to perfectly serviceable commercial entertainment -- there are a few moments where Kirk Douglas or Charlton Heston would have felt right at home. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: What it offers is a portrait of the Genoan visionary as sea hunk, and manages to make the portentous moment of discovery, the setting of feet on the sands, about as emotionally thrilling as two-man beach volleyball. Read more