Synopsis
In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline. But the youthful crew are about to get some unexpected instruction in survival when they get caught in the clutches of a white squall storm.
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Cast
- Jeff BridgesChristopher "Skipper" Sheldon
- Caroline GoodallDr. Alice Sheldon
- John SavageMcCrea
- Scott WolfChuck Gieg
- Jeremy SistoFrank Beaumont
- Ryan PhillippeGil Martin
- David LascherRobert Marsh
- Eric Michael ColeDean Preston
- Jason MarsdenShay Jennings
- David SelbyFrancis Beaumont
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
I enjoyed the movie for the sheer physical exuberance of its adventure. It is magnificently mounted and photographed. - 75
ReelViews
White Squall is a success because the good elements are so well-orchestrated that they dwarf the few obvious flaws. This film offers just about everything, including a twenty-minute white-knuckle sequence and a chance to shed a few tears. In short, it's first-rate entertainment. - 75
Rolling Stone
Amid the action heroics of White Squall, Bridges creates a character of consequence. - 70
Chicago Reader
The story has its corny aspects, but thanks to Scott's skill as an image maker and as a storyteller--proceeding from the very blue and very abstract water seen behind the credits to the climactic, extended storm--this is superior to both "Dead Poets Society" (as a tale about a boys' school and its charismatic teacher) and "Apollo 13" (as a true-life action adventure). - 67
Entertainment Weekly
White Squall is lovely to look at, but frustrating to behold. - 60
Empire
A curiously compulsive drama that for all its inevitable Dead Sailors’ Society trappings is still highly entertaining. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
The psychology of the story is shallow, but the action scenes pack a good visual punch. - 50
Los Angeles Times
The 20 or so minutes we spend with the Albatross in the squall is high adventure, to be sure. Everything else is ballast.
