

The Mercy
Based on the true story
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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5.9/10
313 votes
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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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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
2- P6/10
Peter McGinn
1/26/2021
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…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
1/14/2024
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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