3/4  Dead Calm Quick Review
It turns out space isn't the only place they'll never hear you scream. A dead calm ocean is pretty lonely too - but somehow a psycho turns up anyway. Good performances and an intense story. A worthy thriller - even Nicole Kidman was good.

5/5 Enjoy it in Blu-ray
  by Samji (North East USA)
Superb. for $14 this is amazing prize for the experience. Best theme (ocean and sail boat), best actor (bill zane and Kidman).

4/5 Dead Calm
  by Shane Cawley (Toronto Canada)


This is a classic thriller, well directed, well acted and well written.NICOLE KIDMAN'S first film.

1/5 Anyone who liked this movie is stupid..
  by prefetch
That's right. Anyone who liked this movie is stupid. This is just another slasher movie where the main characters are complete morons, and are required to do the dumbest things conceivable in order for the plot to progress. "Oh yeah, we just picked up a sketchy guy who says everyone on his boat is dead - how about I leave him alone with my wife on this boat while I go check it out." -- Or "Oh yeah, I've got a shotgun, but I think I'll have sex with the bad guy instead of shooting him." Or "Now that I've drugged him and he's knocked out, I'll tie him and leave him below by himself so he can wake up and easily escape." Guys - THIS IS STUPID CRAP - IT IS NOT A GOOD MOVIE. Oh yeah, how about the gratuitous dead baby scene in the beginning? I just can't believe 25 Amazon reviewers gave this movie 4 or 5 stars.

Really - I mean, are you other reviewers serious? Do you own shares in the movie? Do you just think Kidman was hot or something? Seriously - check out the New York Times review of this - it's pretty accurate.

4/5 Dead Calm
  by DJ Deathwish (Tucson, AZ)
Dead Calm is a great movie, and what makes it even better in my mind is that the bulk of the film is supported by three actors who never let it get dull. Billy Zane and Sam Neil are really amazing in this movie, while I felt Nicole Kidman played her role out in a painfully average kind of way. I like that the director didn't pull any punches and showed you everything including a fairly graphic child death and a very uncomfortable quasi-rape scene. The movie moves along very nicely which surprises me because I didn't expect it to paced so well with such a small cast and locale. I also have to speak of the soundtrack composed by Graeme Revell, because it is just so incredibly well done and fits perfectly with the movie. Graeme comes from an industrial music background, which I am pretty well versed in, and some of that background leaks into his score, making it a very haunting and just extra special for me. Really my only complaint is Nicole Kidman, I feel she was miscast, but I must tell you, I am not a big fan of hers to begin with, so if you are a fan, you'll probably love her in this. And she also gets naked in this movie, if that's your thing. Overall, Dead Calm is a stellar thriller.

1/5 the big yuck
  by Does Not Matter (MA, USA)
It is a well made movie with very good acting, both Kidman and Zane are in excellent form etc etc etc.

However, somehow it manages to stink from the very beginning to the very end.

It is not a crime and I suppose it was designed to be this way and there is a big market out there for all things stinky, but I am not a part of this market.