The movie depicts the friendship and sporting rivalry between two leading contemporary champion deep sea divers (who dive without aqualungs) who culminates in a series of free-diving competitions.
28 September 1957, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
30 July 1948, Casablanca, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco]
18 March 1959, Paris, France
12 February 1936, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
29 March 1946, Brooklyn, New York, USA
20 October 1947, Catania, Sicily, Italy
10 August 1959, New York City, New York, USA
18 August 1953, Rome, Lazio, Italy
31 December 1964, Santiago, Chile
21 April 1954, Paris, France
9 January 1956, Glendale, California, USA
19 April 1943, Gladbeck, Germany
22 August 1930, Khartoum, Sudan
October 16, 2012
A hypnotically beautiful and metaphysical delight.
May 20, 2003
The film's undersea footage has a powerful otherworldly quality, much as if it were unfolding in outer space, as indeed it might be.
November 16, 2001
The subtext is easy to follow; it's the screenplay that's impossible.
October 16, 2012
Such a total disaster that it would have been an act of kindness for all concerned to have never released it.
January 01, 2000
What he and his writers have cooked up defies our patience.
March 10, 2003
The Big Blue soaks up the big screen in a splendor that's meant to be seen.
March 23, 2001
Is an extra 50 minutes of bad footage reason enough to re-release an already problematic movie? I wouldn't think so.
November 06, 2005
One of a kind movie.
October 16, 2012
This simple tale of love, friendship and the sea lingers in the mind long after the final credits.
January 01, 2000
No matter which version you see, the story doesn't really make sense.
March 26, 2009
Besson fatally misjudges the cinematic interest of his theme.
January 01, 2000
Besson is no master storyteller.

