Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Kelsey Grammar played 'Fraiser' for 20 years across 'Cheers' and the character's spin-off show, winning lots of acclaim along the way. And quite rightly, nobody delivers a line like Grammar! The downside of this though is that its very difficult to prove to people that you can play anyone different. This film is a failed attempt at him doing so.There are laughs to be found, they're just quite spread out. The film is also not helped by a particularly slow opening 5-10 minutes, which do nothing to differentiate between 'Frasier Crane' and Grammar's character here.It's undemanding, fairly amusing fun, but Grammar will always be known for the character that made his name.

There are some films everyone should have in their DVD collection because they are fun to watch more than once. Down Periscope is in that mix along with such as Operation Mad Ball (Lemmon/Kovacs) or The Wackiest Ship in the Army (Lemmon/Nelson) or Operation Petticoat (Grant/Curtis). These are B pictures but are fun and provide chuckles along the way. Kelsey Grammar is fine. Lauren Holly before her NCIS days, Bruce Dern, William H. Macy, Rip Torn, and Harry Dean Stanton join in no doubt for the money but they all probably had a good time. Sometimes on a rainy or snowy afternoon there is nothing better than a good B picture.

I saw this movie at a small group night and really approached it with a cynical outlook. In my opinion most American comedies tend not to be all that funny (probably because I do not get their sense of humour). It takes a special comedy to appeal to me. I hate slapstick and the movie spoofs like Spy Hard have simply become so dull that they are no longer funny. Sometimes though there is an American film that actually has some life in it, and Down Periscope is one of them.This movie is a bumbling idiot comedy. Basically, like Police Academy, it is about a group of bumbling idiots who are given an impossible assignment and through some twist of fate they succeed. An irresponsible officer is given an opportunity to prove himself and is given an antiquated submarine and a crew of hopeless idiots and he is commanded to destroy two major naval ports, one in Charlston and the other at Norfolk. This is basically an impossible task for this is ancient submarine that still runs on diesel.I sort of like bumbling idiot movies, as long as they are done well. Down Periscope kept me interested and kept the laughs through to the end. It was not a hilarious movie at the beginning only to die at the end. It actually keeps the laughs going through. Yes, Down Periscope is worth it.

This is a really good submarine movie, in the tradition of +DestinationTokyo +Run Silent, Run Deep +Gray lady downAltho the crew is a bunch of "characters" -- just like many war movies -- they are not really a bunch of screw-ups. Kelsey Grammar plays it straight, and he seems to be the kind of skipper we would all like to have. For me, the movie delivered 110% -- I don't have much patience for nonsense anymore, but this one was GREAT!! Settle down and watch it like it deserves.Rick Jolley Tombstone, AZ