Thirteen Days
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67 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

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  • Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Kevin Costner
  • Summary: A dramatization of what took place in the White House as John F. Kennedy (Greenwood) learns the news that Cuba has missiles. The film is seen through the eyes of the Chief of Staff (Costner).

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 31
  3. Negative: 2 out of 31
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    Fascinating in its depiction of presidential leadership in action.
  2. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: David Ansen
    80
    Keeps you hanging on every twist and turn of its wilder-than-fiction plot.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    60
    A tense and engrossing political thriller.
  4. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    30
    A thoroughly bland and mediocre movie about the Cuban missile crisis.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. A_Northerner
    8
    Led by strong performances by Greenwood and Culp, Thirteen Days is an interesting and taught political drama, even if the final outcome is known to all (hint we weren't all incinerated by mutual nuclear destruction). In addition to the Kennedy administration, the narrative covers the roles of both the military and US UN representatives in the crisis. I've always thought that the roles of military personnel in movies is clichéd in the manner they always push for war, but seeing as this film depicts actual events (according to the source book) it turns out that that is actually the case. In fact, in this case the military chiefs repeatedly undermine JFK's restrained by not cancelling a planned atom bomb test or spy flights close to the Soviet Union.

    The script faithfully recreates actual speeches given by JFK during the crisis, 'not merely peace in our time but peace for all time' and both Greenwood and Culp accurately nail the Boston Irish accent of the Kennedy family. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the film's lead and producer, Kevin Costner. His accent veers from credible to laughable to non-existent during the film and his failings are only highlighted by his co-stars' performances.    … Expand
  2. Compi24
    7
    Even with its occasional stylistic missteps and pacing issues, "Thirteen Days" still grips the audience and solidly establishes its worth as a tense and morally complex political period drama.… Expand

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