Synopsis
DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the most daring nautical challenge ever – the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.
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Cast
- Tilda SwintonNarrator (voice)
- Simon Russell BealeDonald Crowhurst (voice)
- Jean BadinBernard Moitessier (voice)
- Donald CrowhurstSelf (archive footage)
- Clare CrowhurstSelf
- Simon CrowhurstSelf
- Santiago FranchessieSelf
- Ted HyndsSelf
- Donald KerrSelf - Reporter
- Robin Knox-JohnstonSelf
Recommendations
- 100
TV Guide Magazine
The real emotional impact of the film lies in the candid interviews with Crowhurst's wife, Clare, and his son, Simon, both of whom are clearly still haunted by Crowhurst and his fateful voyage. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
A spooky, moving documentary. - 90
Los Angeles Times
Disturbing, unnerving and wire-to-wire involving, Deep Water is the story of a dream that got so wildly out of hand that it ensnared the dreamer in an intricate trap of his own devising. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A stunning documentary that not only beautifully elucidates a nearly forgotten incident but touches on crucial themes involving isolation, sanity, self-worth, impossible dreams, the nature of heroism and limits of human endurance. - 80
The New York Times
Again and again you want to shout at the screen: “Turn back. All will be forgiven.” This tale of risk, though, ends not with man conquering nature but in calamitous failure. - 75
New York Daily News
This fine documentary mixes archival footage, interviews with the sailor's family and sponsors, and - most amazingly - excerpts from the film and audiotape diary kept by Crowhurst. - 70
Variety
As it explores the limits of human endurance, the pic should suck even landlubbers into a whirlpool of gripping adventure, overblown ambitions and sheer human folly. - 70
L.A. Weekly
It is the point -- and the power -- of Deep Water that the vast, unknowable fathoms of the sea are rivaled only by those of the human psyche.