U-571

U571 (2000)

  • 68% of critics liked it
    (114 reviews)

  • 60% of users liked it
    (55,641 ratings)

In this World War II action thriller, American reconnaissance agents learn that a German submarine is sinking. The doomed ship carries an Enigma Machine, a special coding device that allows high-level Axis forces to send messages that can't be read without a similar encryption mechanism.… More

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Apr 21, 2000 Wide
Universal Studios Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • , Time Out

    Without much charge and even less depth.

  • Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle

    It's a wham-bam bumpy ride, great fun in the old-fashioned war movie tradition.

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    If watching a two-hour submarine movie is this nerve-shattering, imagine what the real thing must have been like.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    You can enjoy U-571 as a big, dumb war movie without a brain in its head. But that doesn't stop it from looking cheesy.

  • Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

    An entertaining action-adventure flick minus the hokiness of most World War II films.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Phil H


    Well this caused a hullabaloo upon release, such a big hullabaloo that it even involved our British Prime Minister, some MP's and eventually President Clinton!. I do recall at the time that Britain was not too pleased about the historical rigging so Clinton had to smooth things… More

  • Universal D


    This star vehicle, set in WWll, actioner has the Yanks stealing a disabled German sub in the mid-Atlantic (much as the producers hope to steal the thunder of Das Boot). Plenty of macho posturing ensues. There are better WWll sub flicks out there. Das Boot comes to mind.

  • Kase V


    Despite its impressive cast and collection of gripping scenes, 'U-571' proves to be just another film trying make its mark on the genre. Problem is, its forgotten as soon after its seen. It flounders under unrecognizable military dialogue that makes it somewhat difficult to… More

  • Lenny M


    Smalls from Sandlot is killin' Natsies.

  • Jeff "


    U-571 is a submarine war film designed for the technically intempt or n audience who ignores fact. The film is entertaining, but the plot as usual surrounds Hereoic Americans. The events in the film were actually conducted by the British and they successfully captured many Enigma… More

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