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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaLos Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaInteresting and timely, The Red Sea Diving Resort highlights the plight of refugees and casts those helping them in a heroic light, but it doesn’t quite deliver dramatically.
- 42IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe Red Sea Diving Resort is a dull and derivative film that’s too in love with its heroes to bother with its victims.
- 42The PlaylistThe PlaylistPossibly led by nobler intentions, the Israeli writer-director ends up cashing in on the mettle of those involved in a bold rescue mission, tweaking a terrifying reality until it resembles little more than a banal thriller.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe movie, which will inevitably spur comparisons to such similar efforts as "Argo," works well enough on its own terms, with Mychael Danna's synthesizer-heavy score providing a suitably retro vibe.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe whole affair is so rushed and half-assed — they have Duran Duran songs on the soundtrack, years before the band released its first LP.
- 30VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeAmerican audiences typically adore “white savior movies,” but this one pushes the stereotype to such an extreme ... it’s impossible to ignore how badly the film marginalizes the courageous Ethiopian refugees about whom it purports to care so deeply.
- 25RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoGreat hero stories leave the viewer feeling inspired by the potential within the human condition. This one will just leave you depressed.
- 12The Associated PressMark KennedyThe Associated PressMark KennedyThe Red Sea Diving Resort is terribly overcooked, turning the real-life drama into a light caper like “Ocean’s 11,” adding cartoonish dialogue from hack superhero films and slathering the whole mess in white savior complex.