Pearl Harbor

  • 2001


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Average Rating 2.5/5
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1.5
Leave it to Bay and Bruckheimer to reduce one of Americas biggest military tragedies into a three hour avalanche of Kodak moments, and one of Americas .. Av Club
3.0
But the film, while just about programmed to rule at the box office, isnt a cheesy and decadent fast cut entertainment; the surprise is that it may be .. EW
1.9
How can it be entertaining or moving when its simply about the most appalling slaughter Rogerebert
3.0
Director Michael Bay has visual flair and superb command of action sequences. Common Sense Media
1.0
What can be done about this film.I would suggest some sort of campaign of civil disobedience. The Guardian
5.0
I would counter argue: Thats the point.The movies greatest accomplishment, after its extraordinary re creation of the Day of Infamy, is the brilliance ..
2.5
Youve got three hours to withstand, and only about half of it is war.This is definitely a two bathroom visit movie.
2.5
The horrors of warfare are nothing compared to the lackluster, formulaic, and unwittingly silly dialogue on display throughout the film.
1.0
May be the closest thing to a good movie Michael Bay will ever direct; unfortunately, its still not very close to a good movie. E Film Critic
2.0
Bay didnt 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 T .. E Film Critic
1.3
makes no attempt to teach a lesson in history, for fear of losing the interest of 12 year olds and high school teeny boppers. Insulting. E Film Critic
1.0
Boring, unpleasant and ghoulish. Surely the people who died at Pearl Harbor deserve better than this. E Film Critic
3.8
This one is neither as good nor as bad as Titanic..Its less corny, less romantic and takes fewer chances, but in the end, it gets the job done. San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
Its an astounding, nerve shredding experience that leaves the mealy mouthed whinings about flat packed characterisation bobbing in the wreckage.As lon ..
3.0
Where Titanic is a slow and continual build to impending doom, Pearl is a flighty jaunt through a poorly written love triangle briefly interrupted by .. Cinema Blend
2.5
But there is something grotesque and disrespectful about reliving the massacre for the sake of spectacle. Ny Daily News
2.5
An average flick that doesnt need to be seen in the theatres unless you really wanna check out all of its awesome visuals on the big screen. JoBlo
3.0
Strives to be a sweeping romantic epic, but sinks under the weight of a cliche ridden script, pedestrian acting and sledgehammer direction. One Guys Opinion
2.2
The one dimensional characters just say their lines and the film keeps moving along. Sover
2.5
The cast is solid, the special effects are first rate, and the subject is inherently compelling. ReelViews
2.5
But some of the giant spectacle shots can be effective, and some of the cinematography mostly in the early peacetime Hawaii scenes is quite lovely. Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Three hours and three minutes of guff and goo about the nobility of killing and/or being killed for arbitrary reasons, whether youre an American soldi .. Chicago Reader
1.3
Unfortunately, it is full of dull characters, poor dialogue, and monotonous action. Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
The lack of life given to the characters keeps this core story from ever getting off the ground.
2.5
There are many sequences in the movie that feel as though they couldve either been seriously edited down or eliminated altogether, and as a result, Ba .. Reel Film Reviews
3.8
The film could have easily been cut to two hours.I suppose the filmmakers wanted to end on a positive note, but we all know who won the war. Lariat
3.0
It features Cuba Gooding Jr. in a role that could literally be cut altogether from the film without affecting it one bit.It assumes viewers will care .. Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Weaknesses of plot and characterisation are only amplified by the films unwieldy size and patriotic portent, and the script is toe curlingly bad. Radio Times
3.5
Its just too bad as is the case in many summer blockbuster films that not as much effort, time and/or money was put into crafting a compelling, heartf .. Screen It
2.0
But the young cast is mostly pinup packaging.The more seasoned actors, portraying actual historical figures, seize the best chances for hamming. Rolling Stone
2.5
The special effects are awesome and thrilling, and Bay does have flair with action sequences. Shadows On The Wall
2.0
Ultimately, then, Pearl Harbour isnt quite the disaster its been made out to be.Its cheesy, patronising, overly simplistic and jingoistic, but it also .. View London
0.5
A starchy, overpowering helping of red, whiete and blue kitsch served up with piping hot bombast. News Day
1.3
Writer director Sommers serves up rousing visual effects and sword swinging action. Cs Monitor
2.5
Unfortunately, the bulk of the three hour epic is third rate schmaltz that pays only lip service to history. New York Post
2.5
As spectacle, the second half of Pearl Harbor deserves a medal, but theres far less craft apparent in its 4F script. Kevin Lally Film Journal International ..
4.5
Randall Wallaces galumphing screenplay doesnt even try for plausibility. The Guardian
4.5
Randall Wallaces galumphing screenplay doesnt even try for plausibility. The Guardian
3.0
Its almost as if the filmmakers didnt believe that a strictly historical tale would be enough of a hook to bring in the crowds; that some audiences wo .. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.9
You probably at least feel like crying that such an important event in our countrys history has been turned into a silly romance with one clichd line .. Internet Reviews
2.5
For a movie supposedly built around an event that transformed the United States from an isolationist nation into a world leader, it treats that occurr .. Internet Reviews
3.0
Pearl Harbor is a film that has an extremely nice look. The cinematography seems far better than the writing. Internet Reviews
2.0
Not wishing to demonize the Japanese is commendable, but this is just as much an unbelievable caricature of a man as the worst WWII propaganda picture .. Mountain X
0.5
The centerpiece is the attack. For 50 minutes, the filmmakers unleash nonstop eye candy. Star Tribune
1.5
But Pearl Harbor is the kind of crap that deserves to be slapped silly, the kind of crap thats worth the time to berate.
1.5
Although Bays 45 minute sequence showing continuous bombing, strafing, torpedoing, and exploding of the U.S. Pacific fleet packs a devastating wallop .. Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
The melodramatic love triangle that fuels the movies story until and beyond the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor is both clumsy and unmoving Q Network
3.5
But even if you simply take it on its own terms, Pearl Harbor is exactly the kind of prestige project youd expect from a director like Bay, hitting al .. Salon
4.0
One of the biggest selling points of Pearl Harbora movie thats nothing but selling pointsis that it portrays this fabled American disaster with so muc .. Slate
2.5
This is much to do with the films stylised approach; it is far more satisfying cinematically than emotionally.
3.5
What gives Shrek its special artistic distinction is its witty and knowingly sassy dialogue, delivered by vocally charismatic performers whose voices .. Observer
1.5
Bodies thrown through the air like Tinker Toys dont approximate the emotional involvement or evoke the tragic loss in Saving Private Ryan. Observer
3.0
But once the bombs stop falling the film returns to its mawkish central romance, and our sense of disappointment is not alleviated by a protracted and .. Bbc
3.5
If your movie is three hours long, with minor characters packed like sardines into every nook, you should perhaps find space for a young Japanese pilo .. New Yorker
3.0
It requires a lot of patience for an audience to sit through the dithering.Theyre nice kids and all that, but they dont exactly claw madly at one anot .. Time
2.5
Musicals are already a hard sell in this cynical day and age, let alone one that dares to take the genre to even greater escapist extremes. Mr Brown Movies
3.1
Pearl Harbor is a difficult movie to review. It is in no way a great movie, but it also is far from bad. The Movie Boy
3.0
Attack on Pearl Harbor isn%26rsquo;t about simulating a famous battle, but about effortlessly flying super zippy airplanes and shooting other ones out .. Total Film
3.8
The filmmakers would like you to know that this isnt typical action fare yet theyve still created the most spectacular action scene in recent memory. Hollywood
3.0
As it moves along, the love story becomes increasingly predictable and soap opera ish, but it gets by on the appeal of its stars. Seattle Pi
2.0
The devastating scenes that make up the attack on Pearl Harbor are beautifully executed and give the movie a tasteful realization of the brutal horror .. Coles Mithey
1.9
It reduced one of the great tragedies this country has endured into a viscerally exciting video game strung together with a love story so banal a TV s .. Movie Freak
2.5
But take away this 40 minute sequence and the films last act recreation of the retaliatory Dolittle raid in April 1942, and whats left is an uninvolvi .. Spliced Wire
0.5
A loquacious morass of clichs pillaged from nearly every old Hollywood war melodrama. Boxoffice Magazine
0.5
Sure, itll be this years Titantic. Funny, cause it sinks just the same. E Online
3.1
Forget even trying to differentiate between the various military muckety mucks (American and Japanese), nurses and fresh faced cannon fodder Cuba Good .. Movies Tv Guide
3.5
The sequence is stunning, but its hallucinatory and, yes, titanic technical virtuosity makes you feel like youre watching the next Star Wars installme .. La Weekly
3.8
No matter how nicely wrapped this love story is and how nice it makes you feel as you leave the theatre, dont you be lulled into associating such feel .. Varia Gate
2.5
This is definitely a target the filmmakers spent months planning and effectively demolished with careful, bold, aggressive execution. Ross Anthony
0.5
A tepid, wannabe Titanic love story, under the stewardship of a man whose career has ranged from the emotional depth of an 11 year old boy all the way .. Antagony & Ecstasy
1.3
... sensationalizing real events for a meaningless film, then coasting on a huge budget and advertising to lure in moviegoers thinking theyll see hist .. Movie Crypt
3.8
Its a good point, but I think you can have it both ways.I cringed every time men and women were shot down or blown up, but I still appreciated Bays vi .. Montreal Film Journal
3.5
This is,lets be honest, what were here for, and what most Jerry Bruckheimer produced movies serve up best: the poetry of destruction.Fighter planes sw .. News Week
3.0
A dull and oppressingly long three hour ode to the glory of war and killing. Dennis Schwartz Reviews
1.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie. Window To The Movies
2.5
Its what keeps the audience hooked during the long wait for the boom boom parts. Chron
3.5
This could have easily been a two hour film if the producers had excised all the schlock, and it probably would have had much more impact as a history .. Film Quips Online
4.5
Bay, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and the entire cast and crew have given us a Pearl Harbor to remember. La Times
2.0
They have crafted a movie meticulously designed for an appeal as broad as it is shallow. Decent Films
0.5
The rationale behind the making of Pearl Harbor is so transparent its embarrassing. Jam! Movies
3.0
A plodding, repetitive exercise in would be importance, it reaches for the lofty heights of Saving Private Ryan, but cant even manage to deliver a dec .. Flip Side Archive
2.0
Pearl Harbor makes a mockery of the tragedy, turning it into mindless mass entertainment with a PG 13 rating. Film Blather
4.5
Wallace and Bay arent striving for gutsy realism. Pearl Harbor isnt so much about the start of WWII as it is about Hollywood perceptions of WWII. James Sanford on Film
1.5
Unfortunately, Bay doesnt conclude Pearl Harbor with Pearl Harbor.
1.3
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. On May 25, 2001, Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay did it again. Aisle Seat
4.0
Contempt charge against Jack Moore dismissed The allegations against the former Henrietta town supervisor were made after he was accused of waving at .. Rochester Goes Out
2.5
The Japanese are portrayed stereotypically though it doesnt come as a surprise. Dark Horizons
1.5
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. IGN Movies
2.0
Theres nothing more debilitating than filmmakers who do not trust their own source material. Need Coffee
1.0
The acting is wooden, but its no fault of the talents involved here. Nitrate Online
2.5
These scenes encompass only a fraction of the movie, though.Pearl Harbor is a three hour epic, a long, puffed up tale of love and heroism that if sepa .. Seattle Times
2.0
The best thing to be said for Pearl Harbor, in fact, is that it gives you a new appreciation for what Steven Spielberg accomplished in Saving Private .. Articles Orlando Sentinel
2.5
But that doesnt make it a reliable study guide for your next history test. Parent Previews
2.5
A script with the most underdeveloped characters and spectacularly realized visuals since Titanic. Articles Philly
1.3
...the ending seems so unfinished that it leaves audience members feeling like theyve been stranded in an active battleground. Cinema Phile
1.5
It would be campy if a Hallmark card could be campy; instead its just reheated corn. Articles Baltimore Sun
1.5
But I couldnt have summed up this bullet riddled corpse of a World War II epic any better. Articles Sun Sentinel
3.1
The story remains true to the facts of the startling attack, but the human drama is surprisingly dreary.Not a whiff of originality or emotional spark. Paloalto Online
2.5
The date that will live in infamy has been reduced to a movie that is mired in mediocrity. Globe and Mail
4.5
What a marvelous tribute to those who perished in the battle and all who served our country in World War II. Movie Juice
1.5
When you meet these people, theres a different innocence about them, theres a true conviction about the country. Boston Phoenix
4.5
SDCC 2018 is in the books and Hal Rudnick was on the on the floor in San Diego checking out the best cosplay, exclusive sights, and more at Comic Con! .. I Film
2.5
When Bay eventually delivers his precision choreographed action, he elevates the strike above the schmaltz and nearly achieves epic status. Citysearch
1.5
I left with one thought: the bombers may have hit their targets, but this film misses the mark. San Diego Metropolitan
3.0
What was a film worth taking the time to divine value from becomes the biggest, and most expensive, waste of time in several years.
3.1
Ambitious, reverent and beautifully photographed though it is, Pearl Harbor ultimately is not equal to its aspirations.
1.0
Director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimers World War II behemoth has only three operating modes: sub Titanic romantic mush, jingoistic hokum .. eye WEEKLY
1.5
Bursting with American patriotism and an avid, shamelessly old fashioned romantic spirit, Michael Bays Pearl Harbor comes on like the Marines to save .. Sacramento Bee
2.5
America suffered but America grew stronger, a sanctimonious voiceover tells us, as if Pearl Harbor was a rite of passage.Such cornball rhetoric may ha .. Bfi
1.5
One part killer action flick and one part lame love story equals one giant disappointment and my Ben Affleck theory lives on. Movies Radio Free
4.5
His line deliveries cant begin to compensate for the cliches hes forced to spout. Phantom Tollbooth
5.0
This is definitely an epic action blockbuster. Its trying to be with out shame. Blunt Review
3.0
Id recommend this to anyone who isnt looking for an exact retelling of history but is interested in a gripping fictional account of the months leading .. Romantic Movies About
2.5
And its hard to believe an hour and a half can go by in a peacetime military setting without anything funny happening. Usa Today 30
2.0
Bay seems temperamentally incapable of holding a shot for much more than five seconds.
3.0
The problem is that the love triangle feels too contrived to be emotionally effective, and the film progresses slower than a battleship run aground. Movie Mantz
2.5
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1.9
Bay and company chose to prop up a poorly written romance as an epic, with death, war, and mayhem as plot devices. Upcoming Movies
1.5
It is difficult to judge the quality of the acting. The actors lines are so corny, the characters written in such a one dimensional manner, it is hard .. Canada
4.5
Once you realize Pearl Harbor is more classic homage than contemporary schmaltz, the beauty (and quality) of this sweeping romance just falls into pla .. Jeff Huston's Believe Me
3.5
Pearl Harbors sound and fury signify nothing but a new kind of war porn. Cleve Scene
4.5
Successfully provokes feelings of patriotism and of admiration for those who volunteered to fight back and/or to save lives.
2.0
Ultimately, what can be said about the film is that it is a disappointment ... It also confirms what most industry people suspected: Michael Bay is no ..
1.5
Pearl Harbor may be the most buttery popcorn movie of the hot season.
2.5
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5.0
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1.3
Reaction: This is one piece of modern propaganda that is too self serving to go away. Archives Star Bulle
0.5
Titanic meets Saving Private Ryan with a good dose of Gomer Pyle added to the brew... could have been subtitled World War II for Dummies. PopcornQ
2.0
Your skin will be softer, your hair will be healthier, your energy levels will be higher, you will feel more energized and alert, and even tension and ..
1.3
Middlingly racist, humorless, and downright inept, Pearl Harbor is solely for fans of fireworks factories.
1.5
Bays overdirection... makes Hallmark card images of the young lovers against backgrounds of lush vegetation and fiery explosions, and the end results ..
1.5
A lot of people will rightfully be crowing about the technically astonishing battle scenes that take up over an hour of screen time. But getting there ..



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