When Thirteen Lives directs its energies toward illustrating the impossibility of the divers’ mission, the film is solidly compelling.

Thirteen Lives is a beautiful depiction of the power of working together for hope.

There’s little in Thirteen Lives that isn’t a matter of public record or treated with more urgency and tension in The Rescue.

It just feels like a competently filmed reenactment. This is one of those based on a true stories that fails to capture the danger or the thrill of the event, from the comfort of our living rooms.