"...To see Crowe as Capt. Jack Aubrey in MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD is to see a consummate performer doing what he does best..."
Los Angeles Times

"...The battle sequences are filmed with impressive coherence and rigor..."
New York Times

"...[A] masterful and commanding film....A story in full billow..."
Entertainment Weekly

"...A rousing high-seas adventure that sweeps you into another world..."
Rolling Stone

"[I]t's the film's thoughtful use of naturalism as metaphor and plot device that gives MASTER AND COMMANDER a sense of Tom Stoppard-like, upscale intelligence."
Sight and Sound

"[T]his is a plain old good movie.it ought to find fans among the young and the old and both genders."
USA Today

"[A]n intelligent movie about men tested by the sea. Director Peter Weir mounts an impressive production..."
Chicago Sun-Times

"[I]t's a wonderfully vivid journey to a distant time and place."
Movieline's Hollywood Life

"The detailed depiction of shipboard life is total and overwhelming."
Uncut

4 stars out of 5 -- "It's all about sweeping views of 1700s battleships, tropical islands speckled across the horizon and weather-beaten shots of Russell Crowe."
Ultimate DVD