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The Mercy

Based on the true story

5.9(313)20181h 42m4

In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and his own life, blinded by his ambition to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, attempting to become the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the world without making any stopover.

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Status
Released
Budget
$18M
Box office
$4.5M
Language
English
  • england
  • inventor
  • based on true story
  • argentina
  • press agent
  • 1960s
  • circumnavigation
  • golden globe race
  • yachtsman
  • trimaran

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Behind the camera

Director

James Marsh

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereBAFTA New York Member Screening28 Nov 2017
    • TheatricalPG-1330 Nov 2018
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBAFTA Glasgow Screening5 Dec 2017
    • PremiereBAFTA Edinburgh Screening7 Dec 2017
    • Theatrical12A9 Feb 2018
    • Physical6 Jun 2018
    • TVBBC Two11 Dec 2020
  • AustriaAT

    • Digital / OTT1230 Mar 2018
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU7 Mar 2018
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical629 Mar 2018
  • Hong KongHK

    • TheatricalIIA10 May 2018
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical12A9 Feb 2018
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalT5 Apr 2018
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTG11 Jan 2019
  • LithuaniaLT

    • TheatricalN-1323 Feb 2018
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical65 Jul 2018
    • Physical6DVD29 Nov 2018
  • PolandPL

    • Digital / OTT1229 Jun 2018

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The Mercy was released on 9 February 2018.

Audience reviews

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    Peter McGinn

    1/26/2021

    6/10

    I like Colin First enough to cut his films some slack sometimes, and this is one of those times. I thought the movie was entertaining overall, and well acted. At the same time I had a couple of problems with it. One was that I found the family flashbacks while he was at sea to be distracting. It wasn’t a big thing, but they didn’t seem meaningful or well placed as far as furthering the plot or his character. The o…

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    CinemaSerf

    1/14/2024

    6/10

    Based on the true story of aspiring round-the-world yachtsman Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth) this rather disappointingly sluggish drama tries to engage us in the man's lifelong passion. A passion that jeopardises his business, puts him into debt and relegates his wife and two young children to second place as he reckons he can circumnavigate the globe in his catamaran. This isn't a story that I was aware of, historic…

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