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Down Periscope (1996)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:4

Rotten:26

Average Rating:3.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Kelsey Grammar plays a wayward Navy officer, Tom Dodge, who is notorious throughout the Navy for having responded to a close call involving a Russian submarine by getting drunk and tattooing... Kelsey Grammar plays a wayward Navy officer, Tom Dodge, who is notorious throughout the Navy for having responded to a close call involving a Russian submarine by getting drunk and tattooing "welcome aboard" on an unmentionable appendage. He gets assigned by Admiral Winslow (Rip Torn) to command his own submarine; unfortunately, this sub is a rusting 1958 diesel model that the Navy wants to engage in war games to find out if it could inflict any damage. The assumption is, this sub is comparable to those the Russians are selling to renegade Iraqi and Libyan commanders, who might use them on suicide missions against the US. Once on board, we meet the cast of quirky characters who will man this clunker, including a hyper, mutinous Rob Schneider as second in command, Harland Williams as the copulating whale-impersonating radar operater Sonar, and Lauren Holly as the token female officer. The slapstick ensues as this group of underdogs attempt to pull off the impossible, the completion of which will determine Dodge's future career. [More]

Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton

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

Director: David S. Ward

Director: David S. Ward

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Reviews for Down Periscope

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Kelsey Grammar's transition to the big screen is far from seamless.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
08/04/09
Bob McCabe
Bob McCabe
Empire Magazine
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he construction is so ramshackle (or the mood so PC) that the film-makers put a woman (Holly) on board, then can't find a thing to do with her.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Time Out
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Exactly what you'd expect.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/04/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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It's good-natured, innocuous frivolity that should raise a few smiles and generate good but not great spring box office.

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11/21/08
Leonard Klady
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Variety
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No review available.

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07/28/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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Routine.

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07/08/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Mediocre comedy. Like a SNL film but with Frasier instead.

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07/18/03
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

Rather lame.

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06/03/03
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews

A directionless and doomed diversion. Grammer's naval military mishap is a sinking ship both literally and figuratively

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05/27/03
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

No review available.

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03/07/03
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

No review available.

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02/07/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

No review available.

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02/04/03
Shannon J. Harvey
Shannon J. Harvey
Sunday Times (Australia)

No review available.

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12/17/02
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

No review available.

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10/01/02
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
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No review available.

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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

"Police Academy" underwater. (If only...)

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07/27/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

It's embarrassing to see Lauren Holly wasting her time as the butt-of-all-the-obvious-jokes female aboard ship.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Susan Lambert
Susan Lambert
Boxoffice Magazine

It is a pretty decent plot that gives everyone a chance to be silly.

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04/17/02
Leslie Rigoulot
Leslie Rigoulot
Film Scouts

Why give someone who has a genuine skill for understated, intelligent comedy a highly unfunny script that's both overly obvious and stupid?

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01/01/00
Barry Walters
Barry Walters
San Francisco Examiner

Some of this is silly and dumb as jokes fall flat. But there are also some laughs to be had.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
 
 
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