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Poseidon Adventure, The
MOVIE: NBC, Sunday 11/20 at 8:00p (180 minutes)


3.5

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Poseidon

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Starring Adam Baldwin, Rutger Hauer, Steve Guttenberg, Bryan Brown, C. Thomas Howell, and Alex Kingston

This remake of the 1972 disaster-at-sea movie (definitely not to be confused with Wolfgang Petersen's theatrical remake arriving in 2006) finds a cruise ship overturned by terrorists, rather than a tidal wave.

GENRE(S):	Action / Adventure, Drama
FIRST AIR DATE:	November 20, 2005

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New York Daily News David Hinckley

In the end, "The Poseidon Adventure" has the same appeal on TV as it had in theaters. It's a campfire yarn, a B-movie without pretensions, and it delivers what it promises.

Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn

Pretty pointless. [25 Nov 2005, p.91]

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

But though it gets off to a fairly brisk start, building to an early jolt of digital special effects razzle-dazzle when the cruise liner rolls over, "The Poseidon Adventure" soon flounders in a sea of cardboard characters and sluggish storytelling.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

It is not quite as deliciously awful as the original 1972 disaster movie, but it comes pretty close.

New York Magazine John Leonard

As in the original, ingenuity matters more than acting, plus there are grenades and fins.

USA Today Robert Bianco

This low-star-wattage not-so-extravaganza is tedious whether you've seen the original or not.

TV Guide Matt Roush

Though the performances are uniformly flat... you can still find fleeting moments of popcorn fun.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

NBC's "Poseidon Adventure" is notably less terrible than CBS's recent crop of disaster flicks, but as written by Bryce Zabel ("Dark Skies"), it's still nothing to brag about.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

Instead of being mindless but engrossing, as [film critic Leonard] Maltin called the original, it's just mindless.

People Weekly Michelle Tauber

The film goes from cheesy to offensive when a Homeland Security agent onboard warily eyes the "international" waitstaff. [28 Nov 2005, p.55]

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

Goofy junk that's a disaster all by itself.

Variety Brian Lowry

[The] movie is a real slog before its tipping point and only barely watchable thereafter.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

It's terrible, terrible, terrible. It's even worse than it sounds.

New York Post Linda Stasi

A horrible remake.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

Sometimes, a critic just wants to write, ''Don't watch it." Or, ''NBC, you should be ashamed of yourself." And leave it at that.

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

It's almost impossible to know where to begin with what goes wrong with this overblown "epic": the lousy acting by a straight-to-video cast, the turgid pacing, the laughable dialogue or the attempt to "update" the film by tossing in a ludicrous terrorist plot.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

This edition of The Poseidon Adventure lacks not only wit, but any point at all.

The average user rating for this tv show is 3.5 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

MIKE C gave it an8:
Really a very decent remake with appropriate updates but little logic in the dynamics of the ship turning over from a bomb.Weak cast does fine as do the effects.The ship is ugly the pace good.

Ernie H gave it a2:
Soap opera acting, bad dialogue and cheesy effects make this disaster flick a catastrophe unto itself. Quite literaly - unwatchable. Your intelligence will be insulted - if you have any.

Carissa L gave it a0:
I can't believe how bad this was.

Tom R gave it a0:
This is utter crap!

Bob N gave it a5:
I thought the movie being updated for "modern times" was great. What I found unappealing was the fact that at every danger point the movie stopped while each character had to have a heartfelt moment with a loved one or some sense of hesitation to overcome their own fear about the next obstacle to cross. A good example was the upside down catwalk that was only about 15 feet long but took 11 people 10 minutes to cross and claimed the lives of 2 of the passengers. If I were on a sinking ship I believe I would be moving a lot faster.

[Anonymous] gave it a0:
Crap!

laverne w gave it a10:
I love this movie . The original was the best but, it needed to be updated for todays generation of people. I was 50 years old when i saw the original movie in 1972 . I remember how everyone was so amazed by the special effects of title wave turning over the ship. I think that movie showed originality in its highest form. now that I am 83 years old , and i just saw the remake and it makes me feel good that hollywood is still doing its job to keep people entertained. good job people!!!!!!!

Poseidon Adventure, The MOVIE: NBC, Sunday 11/20 at 8:00p (180 minutes)

Poseidon Adventure, The
MOVIE: NBC, Sunday 11/20 at 8:00p (180 minutes)