Boobirt Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

gavin6942 Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge (Kelsey Grammar) is assigned as Captain to the USS Stingray, an old diesel driven submarine that has seen better days. With a crew that consists only of outcasts, he is headed against the atomic powered USS Orlando, with the mission to destroy a dummy battleship.Oh, my goodness, this incredible cast: Bruce Dern, William H. Macy, Patton Oswalt, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton, Rip Torn and others. Even if the film is not that great (and many would say it is not), the sheer breadth of characters aboard the ship is sure to please.The inclusion of Lauren Holly in unfortunate. Not because she is a bad actress, but because hr character merely exists to be a sexual object. Sure, the film is now almost twenty years old (this is 2014), but were we not already past such things in the 90s?

edwardcking2001 Military movies are hammed-up cringe-fests. Feel-good movies are so sickening, they induce projectile vomiting.This movie is a feel-good military (submarine) movie that actually works. Whilst it does have a sprinkling of cheese and some quite puerile moments it is largely inoffensive and quite funny.I couldn't fault the actors, the script, the characters or the general premise.Even better, I wouldn't hesitate to let my kids see it and wouldn't hesitate to watch it again.This movie might not win any prizes or - god forbid - earn cult status; but what it DOES do is entertain and it does that very well.

david-sarkies I saw this movie at a small group night and really approached it with a cynical outlook. In my opinion most American comedies tend not to be all that funny (probably because I do not get their sense of humour). It takes a special comedy to appeal to me. I hate slapstick and the movie spoofs like Spy Hard have simply become so dull that they are no longer funny. Sometimes though there is an American film that actually has some life in it, and Down Periscope is one of them.This movie is a bumbling idiot comedy. Basically, like Police Academy, it is about a group of bumbling idiots who are given an impossible assignment and through some twist of fate they succeed. An irresponsible officer is given an opportunity to prove himself and is given an antiquated submarine and a crew of hopeless idiots and he is commanded to destroy two major naval ports, one in Charlston and the other at Norfolk. This is basically an impossible task for this is ancient submarine that still runs on diesel.I sort of like bumbling idiot movies, as long as they are done well. Down Periscope kept me interested and kept the laughs through to the end. It was not a hilarious movie at the beginning only to die at the end. It actually keeps the laughs going through. Yes, Down Periscope is worth it.

Marco Conti My wife and I had some fun predicting when the clichés where going to appear. We were almost never wrong. This movie has a pretty good cast and at first we figured it had to be an early 80's production. We were flabbergasted at discovering it is a mid 90's movie. Anyway, since both my wife and I were too tired to go for the remote control, we watched it on HBO and we could both feel our collective IQ being lowered as the minutes ticked. We finally decided to watch the whole thing mostly because we are both fans of K. Grammar and especially William H. Macy so we hoped that at some point there would be some sort of redeeming moment. No such luck. From a military standpoint, I believe they managed to ignore any military credibility the movie might have had. From the standpoint of ship at sea I sure hope our navy does not operate like that.