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Pearl Harbor (2001)

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Reviews Counted:35

Fresh:8

Rotten:27

Average Rating:4.1/10

Consensus: Pearl Harbor tries to be the Titanic of war movies, but it's just a tedious romance filled with laughably bad dialogue. The 40 minute action sequence is spectacular though.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sustained intense war sequences, images of wounded, brief sensuality and some language

Runtime: 3 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:May 25, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $197,761,540

Synopsis: Director Michael Bay (ARMAGEDDON, THE ROCK) uses a tragic romantic triangle to set the stage for the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in this epic tale of love, loss, and patriotism. When... Director Michael Bay (ARMAGEDDON, THE ROCK) uses a tragic romantic triangle to set the stage for the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in this epic tale of love, loss, and patriotism. When Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale), a beautiful Navy nurse, meets dashing ace Army fighter pilot Rafe (Ben Affleck), the two fall madly in love, only to be separated abruptly when he is called upon to help fight the war in Europe. Unforeseen circumstances lead Evelyn into the arms of Danny (Josh Hartnett), another fighter pilot and Rafe's best friend since childhood. In the meantime, the Japanese military is planning the surprise early morning raid on Hawaii that will pull the United States into World War II. Spectacular special effects vividly recreate the attack in devastating detail as bombs explode, torpedoes shoot through the water, and bullets fly, shaking tranquil Pearl Harbor to its core. Bay deftly captures the patriotism and the loss of innocence of the young men and women who were suddenly thrust into the war. Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jon Voight, Alec Baldwin and Mako also star in this tribute to both the fallen and the survivors of one of the most horrific tragedies ever to occur on American soil. [More]

Starring: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding

Starring: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding, Alec Baldwin, Jamie King, Jon Voight, Dan Aykroyd, Tom Sizemore, Catherine Kellner, Leland Orser, Michael Shannon, Andrew Bryniarski, Guy Torry, Matt Davis, Jennifer Garner, Jesse James, William Fichtner

Director: Michael Bay

Director: Michael Bay
Screenwriter: Randall Wallace
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

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Robert Denerstein
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Denver Rocky Mountain News
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For my money a much better heartbreaker, thrillmaker and tear-tweaker than Titanic.

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11/16/01
Stephen Hunter
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Washington Post
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The woe and horror of the event is steamrolled by a surplus of special and digitized effects.

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09/07/01
Peter Rainer
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06/07/01
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Mostly tests one's patience with unseaworthy dialogue and performers drowning in oily cliches.

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06/07/01
David Hunter
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Hollywood Reporter
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The net result of this mighty effort is perhaps predictable: near total inconsequence.

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06/06/01
Richard Schickel
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TIME Magazine
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Hollow tubthumper.

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05/25/01
J. Hoberman
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Village Voice
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One of the wimpiest wartime romances ever filmed.

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05/25/01
USA Today
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It blows up as good as anything movie technology has yet detonated, and it leaves you feeling absolutely, incontrovertibly numb.

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05/25/01
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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It gets the job done.

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05/25/01
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Such a bloodless picture that it neither insults nor honors the memory of these soldiers.

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05/25/01
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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A starchy, overpowering helping of red, whiete and blue kitsch served up with piping-hot bombast.

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05/25/01
Gene Seymour
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Newsday
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The bulk of the three-hour epic is third-rate schmaltz that pays only lip service to history.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 1 Comment
05/25/01
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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An indulgently paced three hours, the picture is nearly painstaking in its traditionalism.

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05/25/01
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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The attack sequence in Pearl Harbor shows technical smarts to spare. Where matters of emotional and political truth are concerned, it's crude and jingoistic beyond compare.

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05/25/01
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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Most of it is just mediocre bull, the same sort of empty bluster we've come to expect from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay when the weather warms.

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05/25/01
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Wins at war but loses at love.

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05/25/01
Steven Rosen
Steven Rosen
Denver Post
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The date that will live in infamy has been reduced to a movie that is mired in mediocrity.

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05/25/01
Rick Groen
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