- Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
- Release Date: May 25, 2001
- Starring: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale
- Summary: Against the backdrop of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, two friends (Affleck, Hartnett) find themselves drawn into the war and in love with the same woman (Beckinsale).
- Director: Michael Bay
- Genre(s): Action, Drama, Romance, War
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 35
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Mixed: 20 out of 35
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Negative: 6 out of 35
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100The film's immense cast and crew, headed by director Michael Bay, writer Randall Wallace and stars Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale, blend artistry and technology to create a blockbuster entertainment that has passion, valor and tremendous action.
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75It expertly capitalizes on the emotional associations Americans have with Pearl Harbor and renders the battle scenes with an excellence that goes beyond proficiency and into the realm of art.
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60Works best as a bang-and- boom action picture, a loud symphony of bombardment and explosion juiced up with frantic editing and shiny computer-generated imagery.
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38Its centerpiece is 40 minutes of redundant special effects, surrounded by a love story of stunning banality.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 39 out of 71
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Mixed: 7 out of 71
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Negative: 25 out of 71
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