

The Perfect Storm
Feel its fury.
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
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6.5/10
2,692 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $130M
- Box office
- $328.7M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- natural disaster
- u.s. air force
- biography
- based on true story
- marine
- disaster
- shark
- tragic event
- thunderstorm
- new england
- jamaican
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Produced in
United States of America
Where to watch
All optionsAvailability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical17 Nov 2000
United StatesUS
- PremierePG-13Westwood, California26 Jun 2000
- TheatricalPG-1330 Jun 2000
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1228 Jul 2000
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD27 Nov 2000
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM29 Jun 2000
CanadaCA
- Theatrical30 Jun 2000
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical3 Aug 2000
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical166 Sept 2000
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1425 Aug 2000
CroatiaHR
- Theatrical9 Sept 2000
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+14 Sept 2000
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1521 Jul 2000
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The Perfect Storm was released on 29 June 2000.
Audience reviews
3- J9/10
John Chard
6/8/2015
The Perfect Storm, I just love it so much. "The fog's just lifting, you throw off your bow line, you throw off your stern-you head out to South Chanel past Rocky Neck...Ten Pound Island, past Niles Pond where I skated as a kid-and you blow your air horn and throw a wave to the lighthouse keepers kid on Thatcher's Island - then the birds show up, black backs and herring gulls, big dump ducks - the sun hits you, he…
- P6/10
Peter McGinn
8/29/2020
I recently watched this for the second time, many years after my initial viewing. I confess I didn't always give it my full attention, not just because I had seen it once but also because the plot isn't very subtle, and careful viewing isn't necessary. The dialogue is realistic and well done, but the characters seem a bit stereotypical. You have the grizzled captain whose skills and luck seem to be in decline, a gent…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/20/2026
Perhaps if Wolfgang Petersen had just done without all the dysfunctional family stuff and just taken this crew on their ill-fated mission right from the start, I might have enjoyed this more. As it is, we spend almost an hour learning all about the relationships of "Billy" (George Clooney), "Bobby" (Mark Wahlberg) and of the rivalry between "Murph" (John C. Reilly) and "Sully" (William Fichter) and to be honest, I wa…
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