men of honor feature cuba gooding jr. and in what be probably his best performance to date . he play carl brashear and a man of tower courage and heroism . he a poor dirt farmer from the south and who want to become a navy diver but have problem because of his race . the head of the diving school and play by robert deniro and be a racist redneck that nonetheless grow to respect brashear . the film be about how brashear have to concur the nearly insurmountable odds and not once but twice . the performance be what make this film special . gooding be great and and deniro and the best actor in movie history and give a towering performance his best dramatic work in year . charlize theron give another solid performance a deniro much young wife . the film lay on the patriotism a little too strong ( though no where near the level it be in the patriot ) and and a few of the character be just one dimensionally bad ( hal holbrook mr. pappy be just so evil ) and but the film be a rarity among film today . it uplifting and uncynical . a wonderful film .