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July 19, 2002

Submarine mishap comes to surface

By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer

The Cold War submarine adventure "K-19: The Widowmaker" is a well-made movie that many people just won't like.

On the plus side: It offers excellent performances by Harrison Ford (despite a miscalculated effort to cop a Russian accent) and Liam Neeson; artful direction by Kathryn Bigelow, who delivers a palpable atmosphere of cloistered tension among men under extreme duress; and a much smarter-than-average sense of history than the typical summer thriller.


 
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