| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Joel B. Kirk (Rating: 1.5/5) |
| Two best friends from childhood, Rafe (Ben Affleck) and Danny (Josh
Hartnett), grow up wanting to fly planes. When Rafe gets the chance to
join the Royal Air Force during World War II, he takes it, leaving his
new love, Evelyn (Kate Bekinsale), a...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by John Sylva (Rating: C-) |
| So, a 12-year-old boy in the 7th grade goes to see Pearl Harbor with
his other 12-year-old friend on opening night, expecting to witness lots of
explosions, lots of fire, and of course, lots of dead bodies floating in the
water ("cool! bad!...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| There are some remarkable images in "Pearl Harbor," the much-hyped,
first-of-the-season blockbusters (or second, if you count "The Mummy
Returns"), and virtually all of them can be found in the trailer. more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 1.5/4) |
| Directed by Michael Bay. Screenplay by Randall Wallace. Starring Ben
Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale. Running time: 183 minutes. Rated
AA by the MFCB. Reviewed on August 27th, 2001. more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| The more I think about Pearl Harbor, the more it pisses me off. It seemed
enjoyable enough while I was watching it, but afterwards, the flaws began to
bubble up through the calculated, jingoistic schlock. It's a day later and
I'm liking it even less....more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott |
| Pearl Harbor (2001)
Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom
Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore, Alec Baldwin, William Lee Scott,
Michael Shannon, Mako, Peter Firth, Greg Zola, Ewen Bremner, James King,
Catherine Kellner, Jennifer...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| PEARL HARBOR (2001) 2 stars out of 4. Starring Ben Affleck, John
Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight
and Mako. Music by Hans Zimmer. Screenplay by Randall Wallace. Produced
by Jerry Bruckheimer. Directed by Michael Bay....more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Jerry Saravia |
| I recall a short 1995 film by director Arthur Penn made in conjunction with the one-hundred-year anniversary of the Lumiere films. The film focused on a group of Japanese children running through a playground as the camera tracks them and we hear...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| PEARL HARBOR (director: Michael Bay; screenwriter: Randall Wallace;
cinematographer: John Schwartzman; editors: Chris Lebenzon/Steven
Rosenblum/Mark Goldblatt/Roger Barton; cast: Ben Affleck (Rafe
McCawley), Josh Hartnett (Danny Walker), Kate...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Homer Yen |
| If "Pearl Harbor" were released at any other time
during the year, this film would at best be considered
a thin offering that's often more banal than moving.
It's oversimplified perspective on history and it's
underdeveloped cast of characters never...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by JONATHAN F RICHARDS |
| Coming out of the new three-hour extravaganza about the bombing of Pearl
Harbor I heard a teenage boy say "That's the best movie I ever saw!" But
then again, back in the '70s I heard a teenage girl in a record store
say to her friend "Did you know...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by leeper AT mtgbcs DOT usae DOT avaya DOT com |
| Capsule: Flawed? Perhaps. Bad? Perhaps
not. The story is simplistic, but not
unwatchable. Close friends separated by a love
triangle are brought back together by a higher
cause and their mutual...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| There are some remarkable images in "Pearl Harbor," the much-hyped first
of the season blockbusters (or second, if you count "The Mummy Returns"),
and virtually all of them can be found in the trailer. more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Mark O'Hara |
| Just in time for Memorial Day Weekend of 2001, producers Jerry Bruckheimer
and Michael Bay have brought out PEARL HARBOR, their treatment of the sneak
attack with which the Japanese military – according to one of their own
admirals – "awakened the...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Michael Bay.
Cast: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Alec Baldwin, John Voight,
Dan Aykroyd, Cuba Gooding Jr., William Lee Scott, James King, Tom Sizemore,
Mako, Catherine Kellner, Sara Rue, Jennifer Garner, Colm Feore, Ewan...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Robin Clifford |
| "Pearl Harbor." We have been hearing about this event film for over a year
and finally, like a plague of locusts, it has descended on theaters
everywhere. Director Michael Bay has parleyed his estimated $135 million
budget into a 3-hour tome that, I have...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Laura Clifford |
| The son of a Tennessee crop duster, Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) taught
his best friend Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett, "The Virgin Suicides") how
to fly and even protected Danny from his abusive, WWI vet dad (William
Fichtner). Years later, Rafe is tapped...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| PLOT:
Two best friends turned fighter pilots are put right into the action in
1941, as WWII is swelling up and casualties are mounting. It isn't long
before the Japanese conduct their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the
American base in Hawaii, and...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| PLOT:
Two best friends turned fighter pilots are put right into the action in
1941, as WWII is swelling up and casualties are mounting. It isn't long
before the Japanese conduct their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the
American base in Hawaii, and...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, using the same sensitivity that he did in
COYOTE UGLY, turns his attention from scantily clad women who make their
living by dancing on a bar to one of the seminal moments in our nation's
history. The result is that PEARL...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by SSG Syndicate |
| It's a glossy, three-hour, epic love story about the loss of
innocence, set around the tragedy of "the day which will live in infamy,"
according to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Jon Voight). And at $140+
million, it's also the most...more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Touchstone Pictures
Director: Michael Bay
Writer: Randall Wallace
Cast: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale,
Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight, Cuba Gooding Jr. more |
| Pearl Harbor Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| PEARL HARBOR
A film review by Christopher Null
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