Deepwater Horizon

Deepwater’s disaster is always on the horizon, but Berg bravely floats it out until the second half of the film. Deep-south accents are almost as difficult to decipher as the rig’s mechanics, but whereas the latter combusts horrifically, the former lends credibility to a crew’s worth of deeply touching performances.

Nine

Segues poorly between compelling acting and flashy music videos. Fergie delivers fantastic performance prompting suspicions that everyone else acted down to make her look better. If Rob Marshall’s goal was to create a barely passable schizophrenic remake to mirror his character he succeeded admirably. Disproves math: 8 1/2 > 9.