Down Periscope 1996

Critics score:
12 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: The tone of the acting, which is set by Mr. Grammer's blandly laid-back performance, is all wrong for a genre that demands over-the-top hamming. Read more

Entertainment Weekly: Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: There are occasional laughs, but, as with most movies that think they're funnier than they actually are, most of the jokes fall flat. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: After that auspicious opening, it sinks. Read more

Time Out: 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. Read more

Leonard Klady, Variety: It's good-natured, innocuous frivolity that should raise a few smiles and generate good but not great spring box office. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: More laid-back here than he is on television, Grammer seems to barely break a sweat. Read more