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This is all quite uplifting on its surface, but in attempting to hit the requisite highlights of an inspiring biography, director George Tillman Jr. (Soul Food) reduces Brashear's achievement to a succession of clichés, forcing Gooding and De Niro to battle sentiment with their noteworthy performances. As Sunday's neglected wife, Charlize Theron is completely extraneous; Hal Holbrook's diving-school commander is a ranting caricature; and newcomer Aunjanue Ellis barely registers as Brashear's wife (in part because their obligatory romance is handled with an utter lack of finesse). There's no question that Brashear's efforts are heroic and worthy of recognition, so Men of Honor serves its basic purpose. Still, one can't help but wonder if Brashear's story would be even more impressive with a more authentic treatment. --Jeff Shannon
| ACTORS: | Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr. |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | George Tillman Jr. |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 10 November, 2000 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Twentieth Century Fox Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 024543016656 |
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Customer Reviews of Men of Honor
"powerful story of human dignity & strife against all odds" This is a powerful true story of Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) ~ the first African-American diver in the U.S. Navy. Despite the ruthless interference of his training officer Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro) the obstacle for Carl's dream seems to be unreachable. But Sunday sees the system is wrong ~ and Brashear's goal is clear ~ and his determination is fixed.
The performances of De Niro and Gooding Jr. is crismatic, when they're on the screen together ~ your eyes never leave them, the electricity is evident ~ there is a lump in your throat. This is what the films of the '40s was all about ~ character, committment, your word ~ and most of all HONOR!
Hats off to ~ George Tillman Jr. (director) ~ Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr giving "Oscar-Winning" performances...believe this is one of the best films to come out of "Hollywoodland" for some time.
Total Time: 128 Minutes...20th Century Fox...(2001)
Honorable Try
Men of Honor struck me as the formulaic nobody-becomes-somebody type, and it was basically just that. Carl Rashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) becomes dedicated to success upon his father's request, and finds his heart go into diving. Lo and behold, his main objective is to become Master Chief Diver in the Navy. Surpassing racial discrimination and constant abuse, Rashear eventually succeeds, somewhat.
Men of Honor is a decent movie which people can get into. While somewhat long, Cuba and De Niro manage to keep the movie at a reasonable pace. Cheesy romances, unbearably predictable scenes, and other elements in the plot strike Men of Honor in the heart. Nonetheless, the ending brought me an ounce of inspiration and respect for the real Rashear. While I'm sure his story was incredibly Hollywood-ized (if it wasn't, he must have some terrible luck), it takes a ton of courage to do something like that.
An honorable try either way. As far as the DVD version, its a standard extras package with no extra footage in the normal playing movie. Fairly decent.
Great acting and very satisfying true story
Gooding and De Niro both gave outstanding performances in this true story of one determined man's fight to become the first African-American Navy diver. De Niro plays "Billy Sunday," an unsavory, basically unlikeable character whose racism only serves to strengthen the resolve of Carl Brashear (Gooding). As time goes by, even De Niro grows to admire Brasheir's character and strength of will. Brashear faces innumerable obstacles. De Niro eventually becomes his champion, assisting his efforts. It is a great true story. The terrible racism of the past is still a disgrace to our society, and we all know that for every successful "Brashear" there were countless worthy but not so fortunate black aspirants in the service who were kept down because of their race. It's a happy story with a positive message...I hope many, many young people will see it.