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Hurricane, The
Universal Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for language and some violence
Starring
Denzel Washington,
Garland Whitt,
John Hannah,
David Paymer,
and
Liev Shreiber
In Norman Jewison's moving biopic, boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (Washington) is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in 1967 while steadfastly maintaining and professing his innocence. After being contacted by an admiring teenager living in Canada (Shannon), a series of events leads to the assemblage of a legal team which gives him hope for release.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon
Sam Chaiton (book Lazarus and the Hurricane)
Terry Swinton (book Lazarus and the Hurricane)
Rubin Hurricane Carter (book The 16th Round)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Norman Jewison
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: July 11, 2000
Video: July 11, 2000
Theatrical: December 29, 1999
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| RUNNING TIME: |
155 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Washington blows you away. To say he gives the performance of his career is an understatement.
100
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Both the movie and Denzel Washington are knockouts.
100
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Washington can bank on an Oscar nomination for the most forceful work of his career.

91
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
This is some of the finest acting you will see on-screen, maybe ever. Single-handedly, Washington turns The Hurricane from so-so to must-see.

90
TNT RoughCut
Morgan Fouch
One of year's most thought-provoking and soul-stirring films.
90
LA Weekly
F. X. Feeney
This is the deepest of Jewison's three racially themed films, the other two being "In the Heat of the Night" and "A Soldier's Story."

90
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Brilliantly played by Denzel Washington

88
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
This is one of Denzel Washington's great performances, on a par with his work in "Malcolm X."

88
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
Epic in nearly every way, The Hurricane has the power to blow you away.

88
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
An expertly crafted, deeply moving film.
83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Jewison handles this rich tapestry of non-linear scenes with the skill of the old pro he is, and carefully modulates the drama to create the maximum emotional impact.

83
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Washington immerses himself, even more than he did in "Malcolm X," in a stare of unforgiving outrage.

80
Variety
Emanuel Levy
In what's easily his most zealous and fully realized performance since "Malcolm X," Washington elevates the earnest, occasionally simplistic narrative to the level of a genuinely touching moral expose.

80
Time
Richard Schickel
In Washington's finely shaded performance he's a low-pressure system, illuminated by distant flashes of lightning.
75
Baltimore Sun
Ann Hornaday
Jewison's focus on the Canadians' dogged do-gooderism might have actually prevented a good movie from being a great one.
75
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Milks Carter's story for maximum "inspirational" value, and at times the movie skirts dangerously close to afterschool-special territory.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
(Washington) raises it to the level of importance with an acting job that's one unbroken chain of intense emotion.

75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
(Washington's is) an astonishing performance, partly because it's so devoid of histrionics, and it has Oscar nomination written all over it.
75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
The rest of this well-intentioned picture never reaches (Washington's) level of subtlety and intensity.

70
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Washington leans into an otherwise schlocky movie and slams it out of the ballpark.

70
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
The narrative--a complex structure of flashbacks and shifts in perspective that's part inspirational story, part courtroom drama, part character study, part exposé--never makes it seem that history is being oversimplified.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
With power, intensity, remarkable range and an ability to disturb that is both unnerving and electric, it is more than Washington's most impressive part.

70
Newsweek
Kevin Stuart
The dedication of the Canadian team strains belief at times, and for good reason.
70
Film.com
Peter Brunette
An often affecting, if standard-issue, Hollywood biopic.

60
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
Far too tepid.

60
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
The material is inherently compelling and anchored by Washington's performance.

50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
The story is so important and compelling that you wish Jewison had treated it more as an urgent wake-up call than a by-the-numbers morality play.

50
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
What remains is Washington's volcanic and contemplative work at the core of a film packed to the rafters with raging bull.

40
Dallas Observer
M. V. Moorhead
(Washington's) performance is halfhearted, soft.

40
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Feels overlong and underscripted.


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