"SIR! HOKEY AND CLICHED, SIR!" Chances are that is how a midshipman would describe Annapolis, a Hollywoodized view of freshman plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy. Filmed in Philadelphia of all places, decidedly without the cooperation of the Navy, the movie is constructed of used goods. Picture An Officer and a Gentleman crossed with Rocky, but not the better parts of either one, and you have an idea of how risibly derivative this film is. Read the full review
A young man from the wrong side of the tracks has his dream come true when he is accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. But once there he is not sure how he measures up against the nation's best and the brightest.
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: James Franco, Jordana Brewster, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Donnie Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson
Run time: 108 minutes
Release date: Jan. 27, 2006
Rating:PG-13 for some violence, sexual content and language.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C
"Perhaps the film's most successful element is the soundtrack, which by the movie's end is nothing but louder and louder drumbeats."
The Palm Beach Post: C-
"Franco is sufficiently wiry and resolute, but shows none of the promise of his early roles. The same is true of director Justin Lin, whose debut film Better Luck Tomorrow had a distinctive edginess that is missing from this mawkish, formulaic effort."
