Deep Impact

Deep Impact (1998)

Oceans rise. Cities fall. Hope survives.

Release:1998
Runtime:2h 1m
Country:United States
Director:Mimi Leder
Language:English

Genre

ActionDramaScience Fiction
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Keywords

Usa PresidentAsteroidNasaNatural DisasterSpace MissionCometTsunamiMeteorite

Deep Impact rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.3/10· 199K votes
Rotten Tomatoes45%
Metacritic40%
TMDb6.235/10· 3K votes

With 45% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.3/10 on IMDb and 40/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Deep Impact

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.

Cast of Deep Impact

  • Robert Duvall

    Robert Duvall

    as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner

  • Téa Leoni

    Téa Leoni

    as Jenny Lerner

  • Elijah Wood

    Elijah Wood

    as Leo Biederman

  • Vanessa Redgrave

    Vanessa Redgrave

    as Robin Lerner

  • Morgan Freeman

    Morgan Freeman

    as President Tom Beck

  • Maximilian Schell

    Maximilian Schell

    as Jason Lerner

  • James Cromwell

    James Cromwell

    as Alan Rittenhouse

  • Ron Eldard

    Ron Eldard

    as Oren Monash

  • Jon Favreau

    Jon Favreau

    as Gus Partenza

  • Laura Innes

    Laura Innes

    as Beth Stanley

  • Mary McCormack

    Mary McCormack

    as Andrea Baker

  • Richard Schiff

    Richard Schiff

    as Don Biederman

Deep Impact facts

Budget
$75M
Box office
$349.5M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • Disaster movie spectacle delivers impressive visual effects adequately
  • Ensemble cast explores human cost of catastrophic asteroid event
  • Action and drama balance creates accessible disaster film entertainment

What the audience disliked

  • Melodrama overshadows scientific authenticity throughout narrative
  • Character arcs feel predictable within disaster-film formula

Trailer

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