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Name: Down Periscope
Released: 1996-3-1
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern

Down Periscope

PG-13
1h 33m
1996

11%

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A third-rate crew of navy misfits is ordered to pilot a broken-down sub during war exercises. In so doing, they prove themselves and the ship by cleverly penetrating Norfolk's modern defense system.

Director:

David S. Ward

Producer:

Robert Lawrence

Writer:

Hugh Wilson, Eliot Wald, Andrew Kurtzman

Cast:

Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern, Rip Torn

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

11%

Critics Consensus: Down Periscope takes audiences on an aimless voyage for aquatic hijinks, proving there really aren't any effective sub-stitutes for a well-written script.

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David Nusair

...a sluggish comedy that slowly-but-surely squanders its raft of appealing, seemingly foolproof elements...

Far from feminist, though I enjoyed seeing so many men doing the cleaning. There are fun moments and Kelsey Grammer as the hapless new sub captain is rather good if not hapless enough. Bruce Dern and Rip Torn spar enjoyably, but it lacks actual jokes.

Some innuendo, profanity in mediocre slapstick comedy.

It's not exactly a bad movie, but it's so forgettable that it's almost exhausting.

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