Pearl Harbor

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Pearl Harbor

PG-13

2001

3h 3m

History

Drama

War

Action

Romance

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This sweeping drama, based on real historical events, follows American boyhood friends Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett) as they enter World War II as pilots. Rafe is so eager to take part in the war that he departs to fight in Europe alongside England's Royal Air Force. On the home front, his girlfriend, Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale), finds comfort in the arms of Danny. The three of them reunite in Hawaii just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Critics Consensus

Pearl Harbor tries to be the Titanic of war movies, but it's just a tedious romance filled with laughably bad dialogue. The 40 minute action sequence is spectacular though.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

05/28/2014

Pearl Harbor is a blockheaded, hollow-hearted industrial enterprise.

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Andrew Sarris

Observer

05/28/2014

The best way to see the movie is as I did: expecting nothing and being pleasantly surprised, and strangely moved, by Mr. Bay's audacity in filming his lovers in end-of-the-world close-ups, however briefly.

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Anthony Lane

The New Yorker

05/28/2014

The effect of watching a Michael Bay film is indistinguishable from having a large, pointy lump of rock drop on your head. His new picture, Pearl Harbor, maintains the mood.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

May 25

2.5/5

Pearl Harbor is a film of uneven ambitions that never quite reconciles its competing priorities.

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Michael D. Reid

Victoria Times Colonist (B.C., Canada)

04/30/2024

1.5/5

This formulaic three-hour opus seems to go on from here to eternity.

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Sergi Sánchez

Fotogramas

06/22/2022

2/5

'Pearl Harbor' effortlessly self-parodies itself. [Full review in Spanish]

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Billy L

@RT72202244 Jul 4

This film Blows !...The Battle of Britain 1(969) Now thats a Aviation film...real Planes and Great actors.

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Jim P

@RT44071555 Jul 3

If you have not watched Tora Tora Tora, don't waste your time on this fluff piece that seems to equate the attack on Pearl Harbor to interrupting some one's love life.

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Freja M

@frejaandjosh4life May 28

I absolutely loved this movie. If you are someone that loves romance and is interested in war movies, this will be the perfect match for you. Not only is the movie enjoyable, but the 1# 2000s heartthrob Josh hartnett plays Danny Walker. If you were especting 100% accurity, this movie might not be for you. Some scenes and some parts of the attacking did not happened the way it happened in the movie. If your fine with all of this, I would definitely recommend it!

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A P.

@FilmFan4547 May 26

Outstanding battle sequences, but the love triangle was completely unnecessary. If they’d stuck to focusing on the attack itself and didn’t spend so much time on the romance, this film would be considered one of the best war films ever.

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Jamie O

@JamieOliver Apr 29

Great movie with lots of action, but missed some comedy and some plot twist. I loved the brotherhood between Rafe and Danny, and it moved my heart at the end of the movie. Plot was really predictable, but overall, it turned out to be a pretty decent movie.

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gerald H

@RottenGary Apr 12

Typical Bay crap. Now a whole generation thinks that Pearl Harbour stands for love romance. American Fallout vault propagands shit. And Hans Zimmer pours his same old repetitive sludge all over it.

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Synopsis

This sweeping drama, based on real historical events, follows American boyhood friends Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett) as they enter World War II as pilots. Rafe is so eager to take part in the war that he departs to fight in Europe alongside England's Royal Air Force. On the home front, his girlfriend, Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale), finds comfort in the arms of Danny. The three of them reunite in Hawaii just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Director: Michael Bay
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Bay
Screenwriter: Randall Wallace
Distributor: Buena Vista Home Video (BVHV), Touchstone Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Rating: PG-13 (Images of Wound|Brief Sensuality|Intense War Sequences|Some Language)
Genre: History, Drama, War, Action, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 25, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 23, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $198.5M
Runtime: 3h 3m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)