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In the Heart of the Sea
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3016
- IMDb #2380
- Google retired #672
- Rotten Tomatoes #3857
- Metacritic #3394
- Letterboxd #3605
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4172
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3761
- Metacritic Critics #3651
- Metacritic Audience #2654
- Douban #1056
- Kinopoisk #1851
- AlloCiné #1496
- Trakt #2324
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 42, highest is Google on 92. Critics average 44, everyone else 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1820, the whaling ship Essex is attacked and sunk by a massive and vengeful sperm whale in the remote Pacific Ocean. The surviving crew is forced into three small whaleboats with limited supplies. They must endure starvation, dehydration, and despair on a harrowing journey across thousands of miles of open ocean.
Details
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Writers
- Amanda Silver, Charles Leavitt, Rick Jaffa
- Based on
- In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
- Released
- 3 December 2015
- Country
- Spain, United States, Italy
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $100.0M
- Box office
- $93.9M
- Awards
- 1 win, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →1 win from 6 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| 15th Visual Effects Society Awards 2016 | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Jody Johnson, Leslie Lerman, Sean Stranks, Bryan Hirota, and Mark Holt | Nominee |
| 18th Teen Choice Awards 2016 | Choice Movie: Action | In the Heart of the Sea | Nominee |
| 18th Teen Choice Awards 2016 | Choice Movie Actor: Action | Chris Hemsworth | Nominee |
| 18th Teen Choice Awards 2016 | Choice Movie Actress: Action | Charlotte Riley | Nominee |
| 37th Young Artist Awards 2016 | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor (14 - 21) | Tom Holland | Nominee |
| 24th Heartland Film Festival 2015 | Truly Moving Picture Award | Ron Howard, Imagine Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Pictures | Winner |
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6 awards — In the Heart of the Sea
×| Truly Moving Picture Award | Ron Howard, Imagine Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Pictures | Winner |
| Choice Movie Actor: Action | Chris Hemsworth | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Actress: Action | Charlotte Riley | Nominee |
| Choice Movie: Action | In the Heart of the Sea | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Jody Johnson, Leslie Lerman, Sean Stranks, Bryan Hirota, and Mark Holt | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor (14 - 21) | Tom Holland | Nominee |