note represent this should probably be read only after watch the film . it be very rare to find a documentary or movie that focus on the loser . deep water do just this and make it one of the most thought provoke film in a very long time . it do not provide u with a hero to look up to and but rather an anti hero who force u to look into ourselves . the film be about a group of men who attempt to sail around the globe and singlehandedly and and without stop . only one make it and several die and one decide not to return home and each of them on a psychological journey intrigue enough to merit entire film for themselves . yet the most interesting be donald crowhurst and or rather the way that he be portray by the filmmaker and our reaction to him a viewer . by any standard this man should be consider a despicable character and yet why be he depict so heroically . why be we so sympathetic to him . from the beginning he make all of the wrong choice . he risk his family financially to get the boat and he leave at a more dangerous time to get more publicity and he ignore all of the warning despite his lack of experience and he choose to lie instead of admit defeat and these choice snowball until the inevitable and final one represent suicide . all for what . a place in history . a feeling of accomplishment . perhaps . what be important to consider be whether this man situation be inevitable . each individual must ask himself if his natural human drive for fame and accomplishment would bring him to such recklessness and and i believe that examine your own reaction to crowhurst story will offer at least some answer to that question .