Men of Honor
2000
***
Director: George Tillman, Jr.
Cast: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Robert De Niro, Aunjanue Ellis, Charlize Theron
A formulaic and manipulative but oddly moving and captivating drama about a young man whose determination helped him to become the first coloured naval diver in the 1950s. Cuba Gooding, Jr. is great in the lead, but Robert De Niro is somewhat of an embarrassment as his bigoted trainer, and Charlize Theron is bafflingly miscast as his wife.
