Down Periscope

Customer Rating:
Summary: Solidly Funny
Comment: Not everyone's cup of tea I'm sure, but this movie has a great cast and is solidly funny throughout. Kelsey Grammer is perfect in this role.

Customer Rating:
Summary: LOL
Comment: I made the mistake of watching this on an airplane ride, (I must admit to a loud cackle of a laugh) and had to control my laughter. It's not academy award material, but it IS great entertainment!

Customer Rating:
Summary: Very enjoyable comedy
Comment: I really liked the way this comedy hit you in subtle ways without trying too hard, and without continuous sight gags.

Kelsey Grammer does an excellent job as the down-and-out Lt. Commander Thomas Dodge, of the low tech World War Two-era submarine USS Stingray; pitted against modern-day warships in a seemingly one-sided war game. Rob Schneider is the obnoxious and recalcitrant XO Martin Pascal. Lauren Holly is the untested, under pressure, Lt. Emily Lake. Rip Torn and Bruce Dern are the adversarial Admirals in the simulated war game.

The crew is composed of a rabble of quirky, spaced-out, ill-mannered, insubordinate and mentally challenged sailors. When the chips are down, they transform into a well-oiled war machine, under Grammer's somewhat "unconventional tutelage." The XO "Walking The Plank" scene, and the Cook "passing gas" during silent running are two of the funniest.

Living near San Francisco and being a WWII historian, I immediately recognized their submarine as the WWII U.S.S. Pampanito (SS-383) museum and memorial, docked at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Another plus for you history buffs.

Easy-going, relaxed, lighthearted comedy.

Customer Rating:
Summary: A very Creative and Humorous Crew
Comment: A great way to relax and have a good laugh. The Captain and his assorted mixed-bag of crew members come together during the ensuing mock trials of securing entrance into two 'guarded' Atlantic Naval Bases with an 'outdated rust-bucket' of a submarine. While a 'higher ranking' officer tries to prevent this happening, the Captain has been given directions to "think like a pirate" by a still higher ranked officer. Highly recommend this movie for a sit-down-popcorn evening with family or friends.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful, sheer pleasure
Comment: I loved this movie, and find myself watching it over and over. It was very funny, far better than the so-called box-office hits. Down periscope is simple humor full of fun. Don't forget 9-11, showed us that the "That could never happen", can.
Lt Commander Dodge, and his very misfit crew, out manuver his former skipper, that gave him a review that would have ended his (Cdr. Dodge's)career. It has vilians in Bruce Dern, and in some ways Dodge's own XO, portrayed by Rob Schiender and heroes as Cmd. Dodge, superbly portrayed by Kelsey Grammer, and the misfit crew that out did the "convental Navy", quite easily.

I watched this movie, multiple times and enjoy it each time. I would highly recommend it to everyone. The critics wer wrong, big time.