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Down Periscope

1996 · 1h 32m · Comedy

IMDb 6.2 Metacritic 39 RT 11%

Skip it unless you're a die-hard '90s comedy fan or submarine movie completist. Down Periscope is a goofy underdog flick with a likeable premise, but it relies too heavily on broad jokes and wacky crew antics that haven't aged particularly well—there are funnier comedies out there demanding your attention tonight.

Plot

Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.

Director: David S. Ward

Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern

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