nancyldraper Review of The Mercy

The Mercy (2018)

A speculation of a real event

[7/10 · 17 October 2021]

I can't decide, is this a tale of hubris and its consequence, or is this a tale of slow madness? Whatever it is, it is elegantly told with poignant performances. It is a sad story, even more so because it is a telling of an actual event for which we will never know the actual thoughts of a man who spent 7 months and 2 days alone on the seas. As the movie does, we can only speculate. I give this film a 7 (good) out of 10. {Drama based on a true event}