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The Deep

Play trailer Poster for The Deep 2012,  1h 33m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 93% 29 Reviews Tomatometer 64% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
93% Tomatometer 29 Reviews 64% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
The sole survivor of a tragic shipwreck tries to survive in the freezing ocean off the coast of Iceland.

Critics Reviews

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Liam Lacey Globe and Mail Aug 9, 2013
3/4
Kormakur's film suggests that the enigma of Gulli can somehow be found in his peasant humility, his connections to his community. Go to Full Review
Peter Howell Toronto Star Aug 8, 2013
3.5/4
Even knowing the outcome ... doesn't diminish the intensity and awe of watching it recreated in this deftly framed docudrama by prodigious Icelandic auteur Kormakur. Go to Full Review
Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) Jul 18, 2013
4/5
[Gulli's] story's pretty remarkable. But this film achieves a real kind of lonely magic when he's bobbing on the waves under the night sky, talking to a gull. Go to Full Review
Cory Woodroof 615 Film Oct 21, 2022
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson is spectacular in such a difficult performance, one that purely relies on body language to show the depths of pain this guy went through to survive. Go to Full Review
Daniel Green CineVue Feb 26, 2019
2/5
Our protagonist is watchable at all times thanks to a decent lead turn from Ólafsson, but remains hamstrung by Kormákur journeyman-like approach to an extraordinary triumph of human spirit. Go to Full Review
PJ Nabarro Patrick Nabarro Dec 16, 2018
3/5
There's such a broody feel to proceedings; it's not realism as such, because there are mournful sequences where the fishermen disappear into the ether of the Atlantic Ocean. Go to Full Review
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Luke S Jul 2, 2017 ....WARNING YOU HAVE GOT TO WATCH THE END OF THE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE AS SOMETHING HAPPENES AT THE END OF THE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE........ See more
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Cast & Crew

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Baltasar Kormákur

Director

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Gulli

Joi Johannsson

Palli

Theodór Júlíusson

Gulli's Father

Björn Thors

Hannes

Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir

Halla

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Movie Info

Synopsis The sole survivor of a tragic shipwreck tries to survive in the freezing ocean off the coast of Iceland.
Director
Baltasar Kormákur
Producer
Agnes Johansen, Baltasar Kormákur, Egil Ødegård
Screenwriter
Baltasar Kormákur, Jón Atli Jónason
Production Co
Blueeyes Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Icelandic
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2016
Runtime
1h 33m
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