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Rachel Saltz, New York Times: A fascinating documentary about the first single-handed around-the-world sailing race, begins like a Boy's Own adventure tale but ends up more akin to tragedy. Read more
Joshua Katzman, Chicago Reader: Osmond and Rothwell's depiction of his unraveling is an exquisitely structured drama. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: An enthralling documentary about an Englishman named Donald Crowhurst who, in 1968, set off on a solitary, nonstop circumnavigation of the globe. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Some beautiful shots give unexpected texture to the film, such as an underwater capture of a boat from below, with prisms of light surrounding it. And its final image is a quiet heartbreaker. Read more
Mark Feeney, Boston Globe: To reveal Crowhurst's decision would be to spoil a stunning tale. Deep Water is not itself comparably stunning. Read more
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: For this gripping and amazing documentary, such truth emerges not just from the facts, but also the poetry of men who redefine themselves in a risky race on small sailboats. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: A spooky, moving doc that chronicles the first solo attempt to circle the world by boat. Read more
Jason Anderson, Globe and Mail: The details just get stranger and stranger. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: It is the point -- and the power -- of Deep Water that the vast, unknowable fathoms of the sea are rivaled only by those of the human psyche. Read more
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: Deep Water confirms all the mythical terrors that lurk in our dreams of the sea, and the best person to watch it with would be Melville. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: His story is a footnote in sailing history, to be sure, but a fascinating one. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Remarkable. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Deep Water is a documentary, but it's also one part adventure film, one part Greek tragedy, and one part meditation on the role of the 'hero' in modern society. Read more
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: One of this year's better studies of the human soul. Read more
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: Osmond and Rothwell do a commendable job of mining a rich archive of material. Read more
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Nick Funnell, Time Out: Charting the thin line between courage and foolhardiness, it's a poignant portrayal of the excruciating emotional odyssey of all involved. Read more
Deborah Young, Variety: The pic should suck even landlubbers into a whirlpool of gripping adventure, overblown ambitions and sheer human folly. Read more
Julia Wallace, Village Voice: Given that the tedium of months on the open seas could and did drive a man insane, co-directors Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell have done a commendable job of making Deep Water... well, not boring. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: As directed by Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell, the movie breezes along at a highly watchable clip, thanks to fluid, affecting intercutting of archival, black-and-white footage and present-day interviews. Read more