Word: mcconaughey
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April 1942. A U.S. submarine is camouflaged as a German U-boat in a zany scheme to capture the Reich's Enigma code. Flouting all rules of the sea but honoring every war-epic cliche about guts under pressure, Lieut. Matthew McConaughey and his team give a demonstration of old-fashioned mechanical virtuosity--of people doing difficult things well, including things they never thought they could. The sub is really a time machine: this brisk, not-quite-plausible thriller returns us to a time when men were men and movies were shorter...
...Matt Damon's golden sheen has dulled. Remember when the Talented Mr. Damon could do no wrong? That's back when the press thought he was the greatest thing since - well, Matthew McConaughey. But like all large groups of people, the media hounds become restless when there's no drama, no outstanding conflict - after all the glowing adjectives, flattering cover stories, "It Boy" championing, it comes time to tear the good old boy down. But why nail Damon and not Affleck, you ask? After all, Ben's the one with no talent and Ben's the one who's dating...