Annapolis (2006)
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10% of critics liked it
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63% of users liked it
(118,618 ratings)
A poor but ambitious young man strives to make good in one of the most competitive institutions on Earth in this military drama. Jake Huard (James Franco) is a young man from a small Maryland town who grew up in a blue-collar family with few opportunities. Wanting to make something of himself after… More A poor but ambitious young man strives to make good in one of the most competitive institutions on Earth in this military drama. Jake Huard (James Franco) is a young man from a small Maryland town who grew up in a blue-collar family with few opportunities. Wanting to make something of himself after completing high school, Jake set his sights on attending the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, where he narrowly makes the cut and becomes one of the 1,200 applicants selected for the freshman class. Jake finds that life as a "plebe" is intellectually challenging and physically punishing, and he soon develops a powerful adversary in Midshipman Lt. Cole (Tyrese Gibson), his training commander, who pushes Jake to the limit to see if he has what it takes. Standing on the razor's edge of failing as both a student and a soldier, Jake makes a brave but dangerous gesture toward proving himself by entering the Brigade Championships, a Naval boxing competition where he'll go into the ring against the best fighters in the Navy -- including Lt. Cole. Jake soon has one person on his side when he strikes up a friendship with Ali (Jordana Brewster), a pretty young officer who believes Jake has what it takes to go the distance. Annapolis also stars Donnie Wahlberg, Chi McBride, and Vicellous Shannon; the film was directed by Justin Lin, who debuted with the acclaimed independent feature Better Luck Tomorrow. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Justin Lin
- Written By
- Dave Collard
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Jan 27, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- Walt Disney Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Ben Kenigsberg, Village Voice
Jake [is] forced to swallow his pride and ask girly Brewster to train him. It's a marginally subversive moment in a movie that otherwise falls in line.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
This isn't as much a movie as it is a recipe for a cinematic casserole in which the ingredients are clichés and rip-offs.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Annapolis is less like a movie than a virus -- one that clings so tenaciously to its host genre that it begins to take on the characteristics of a real movie, even though it's just faking.
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Brian Lowry, Variety
Judging Annapolis by its most appealing attributes (among all the cliches): It's not bad superficially, but neither is it all that it could be.
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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
The movie plays out with the same martial drumbeat inevitability of a parade march.
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Cast
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James Franco
as Jake Huard
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Tyrese Gibson
as Cole
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Jordana Brewster
as Ali
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Donnie Wahlberg
as Lt. Cmdr. Burton
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Vicellous Reon Shannon
as Twins
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Roger Fan
as Loo
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McCaleb Burnett
as Whitaker
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Wilmer Calderon
as Estrada
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Chi McBride
as McNally
- Brian Goodman
- Jim Parrack
- Billy Finnigan
- Charles Napier
- Jimmy Lin
- Katie Hein


