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uninspired biopic sheds little light on unfathomable maritime mysteryby Stephen Dalton [The Hollywood Reporter ]
this retelling of Donald Crowhurst's round-the-world adventure should still keep you hookedby Larushka Ivan-Zadeh [Metro ]
The Mercy stands as a darker, sadder version of those many stories about bumbling British underdogs trying to beat the odds through their sheer good nature and force of characterby Geoffrey Macnab [Independent (UK) ]
The Mercy is a powerful and compelling story told with care and compassion by a brilliant castby Terry Payne [Radio Times ]
directed with even-keeled intelligence by James Marsh, and buoyed by a performance of customary reserve and resolve from Colin Firth, "The Mercy" tells its story --once headline material, now poignantly little-rememberedby Guy Lodge [Variety ]
despite the hint of a stiff-upper-lip kind of reserve, this is astonishingly brutal. And Firth's performance makes this dark, dark story landby Andrew Lowry [Empire Magazine ]
Colin Firth's best performance in years; Through all the film's bumps and scrapes, Firth does invest a lot of commendable energy in helping us grasp Crowhurst's besieged state of mindby Tim Robey [The Telegraph (UK) ]
a truly compelling character study of this one man; The Mercy is a beautifully crafted and moving account of this one's quite troublesome sense of delusion, and Marsh has structured his tale wonderfullyby Stefan Pape [HeyUGuys ]