Editing U-571 (film) (section)

==Critical reception==
The film was generally well received by critics.<ref name="empire2011">Thomas, William (2000-06-02). U-571 Review ''Empire Online'', 21 April 2011. Retrieved on 2025-03-02 from https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/u-571-review/.</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds a score of 68% based on 117 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The consensus reads: "Excellent cinematography and an interesting plot accompanied by a talented cast and crew make ''U-571'' a tense thriller."<ref name=Rotten/> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 62 out of 100, based on 35 critics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/u-571|title = U-571|website = [[Metacritic]]}}</ref> It performed well at the box office.<ref>{{cite news|title= 'U-571' Runs Noisy, Runs Strong |work= The Los Angeles Times|date=May 2, 2000|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-02-ca-25534-story.html|access-date=November 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= FILM REVIEW; They're Heading Home with the Prize? Great. What? On a Nazi Sub?|work=The New York Times |date=April 21, 2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/21/movies/film-review-they-re-heading-home-with-the-prize-great-what-on-a-nazi-sub.html |last1=Mitchell |first1=Elvis }}</ref>

However, [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film two out of four, writing, "''U-571'' is a clever wind-up toy of a movie, almost a trailer for a video game. Compared to ''Das Boot'' or ''The Hunt For Red October'', it's thin soup. The characters are perfunctory, the action is recycled straight out of standard submarine formulas, and there is one shot where a man is supposed to be drowning and you can just about see he's standing on the bottom of the studio water tank."<ref name="Ebert">{{cite web |work=Chicago Sun-Times |publisher=Sun-Times Media Group |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=2000 |title=U-571 |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/u-571-2000}}</ref> Reviewer George Perry gave the film two stars out of five, comparing it negatively with ''[[Das Boot]]'', praising the acting but criticised the "cardboard characters", and "chaotic" action sequences.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/01/11/u571_2000_review.shtml | title=BBC - Films - review - U-571 }}</ref> Reviewing the DVD release,''myReviewer.com'' felt the cast to be underused and criticised the story.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.myreviewer.com/DVD/13071/U-571-UK/13084/Review-by-Jason-Newington|title=myReviewer.com - Review of U 571|website=www.myreviewer.com}}</ref> Philip Sledge felt the film to be entertaining.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/u-571-gets-a-lot-of-hate-for-being-historically-inaccurate-i-dont-care-i-love-it | title=U-571 Gets a Lot of Hate for Being Very Historically Inaccurate, but I Don't Care, I Still Love It | date=September 10, 2023 }}</ref>

[[Alex von Tunzelmann]] of [[The Guardian]] ranked the film with a "C-" stating that the "only honest thing about "''U-571'' is its tagline: "Nine men are about to change history."<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web
 |url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/feb/25/u-571-reel-history
 |title = U-571: You give historical films a bad name 
 |work = [[The Guardian]]
 |date = 26 February 2009
 |accessdate = 2 March 2025
 }}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
The film was nominated for two awards at the [[73rd Academy Awards]]: [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]] ([[Steve Maslow]], [[Gregg Landaker]], [[Rick Kline]] and [[Ivan Sharrock]]) and [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Editing]]. It won the sound editing award, while losing the sound award to ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''.<ref name="Oscars2001"/><ref>{{cite news |date=March 26, 2001 |title=Oscar: Crowe, Roberts named best actor, actress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109917846/oscar-crowe-roberts-named-best-actor/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921024332/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109917846/oscar-crowe-roberts-named-best-actor/ |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |publisher=[[Detroit Free Press]] |page=6 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>