Yeah it passes time. I wouldn't say it was special but if you like this sort of thing...

Thrilling, at times shocking, at it's end, haunting, K-19: The Widowmaker tells the story of a Soviet submarine crew to whom falls the duty of stalling disaster when the sub's nuclear reactor malfunctions.

I'm always a fan of military films that are from the other side's point of view.

If you enjoyed Apollo 13, then you will love K-19: without any action scenes, the tension keeps you on the edge of your seat as soon as movie starts and until the very end. Performance is amazing, story line is great and event are simply breataking. ... (read more) If you enjoyed Apollo 13, then you will love K-19: without any action scenes, the tension keeps you on the edge of your seat as soon as movie starts and until the very end. Performance is amazing, story line is great and event are simply breataking. For a change, Amercian movie where Russians are not the enemy but soldiers doing their duty.

Kathryn Bigelow is a brilliant director and she again makes a very good movie with creating a claustrophobic environment of a submarine. The mood of the crew is reflected in actor's good performances. My only objection would be shooting this movie in... (read more) Kathryn Bigelow is a brilliant director and she again makes a very good movie with creating a claustrophobic environment of a submarine. The mood of the crew is reflected in actor's good performances. My only objection would be shooting this movie in English. It should have been in Russian but I also understand that Hollywood was not ready to watch a foreign language movie (hell they are still not ready).

It's simply incapable of overcoming its leading man's leaden performance.

Within the clutter of accents and heavenly choirs -- Klaus Badelt's score is at times a bit much -- lurks a good story. And, in midsummer, that's often all we can ask for.

Bigelow is known for making good, visceral movies, but here she adopts a kind of dignified watchfulness, and that feels right for the material.

A salute is in order for Bigelow, a director who knows how to navigate macho terrain without losing her human compass.

The movie, from director Kathryn Bigelow, can't keep track of what course it wants to steer.