Pearl Harbor (2001)
24 %
Reviews Counted: 156 Fresh: 38 Rotten:118 Average Rating: 4.3/10
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.
Runtime: 3 hrs 3 mins
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 Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale), a beautiful Navy nurse, meets dashing ace Army fighter pilot Rafe (Ben... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding, Alec Baldwin
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07/22/08
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May be the closest thing to a good movie Michael Bay will ever direct; unfortunately, it's still not very close to a good movie.
08/18/07
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04/27/07
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Shockingly, this saga is as aquare as they come: straight, earnest, and schmlatzy epic about the impact of WWII on two flyers in love with the same girl--a 1940s routine flick with special effects.
10/05/06
It's bad all right -- I was wincing at the overwritten dialogue within the first five minutes.
05/26/06
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02/09/06
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12/15/03
The film is not as painful as a blow to the head, but it will cost you up to $10, and it takes three hours.
05/28/03
[Michael] Bay didn't set out to make a film about Pearl Harbor. He set out to make a TITANIC clone that would go "Ka-ching" at the box office . . . Try TORA TORA TORA instead.
03/20/03
It's just a bit unfortunate that such an incredible, noble story, one which turned a nation around and galvanized a generation into action, should be told by such weak storytellers.
02/08/03
Bay's clunky and mammothly plodding Pearl Harbor is one movie that tries to do too many things at once without concentrating on any one specific point...the romance and action sequences are fussed over yet they deliver nothing really spectacular
02/04/03
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01/07/03
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I left with one thought: the bombers may have hit their targets, but this film misses the mark.
10/21/02
Ambitious, reverent and beautifully photographed though it is, Pearl Harbor ultimately is not equal to its aspirations.
10/15/02
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