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Pearl Harbor is the 2001 epic war film based on the real events of the attack of Pearl Harbor during World War II. The film was made on a budget of $151,000,000 and grossed an estimated $449,220... more

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Rating Summary based on 93 reviews

  • 5 Stars
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  • 3 Stars
    		14
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  • 31 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    DarkMark

    2 Stars December 7th 1941 A Date Which Will Live In Infamy 05/05/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Predictably spectacular

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Predictably cheesy, wooden, historically inacurate

    After more than two years of conflict in Europe (World War 2), America had managed to stay out of the war. They had only been sending supplies out to its British ally but that's about it. Still after numerous German U-Boat (submarine) attacks on these merchant vessels, America still did not give in. It was on December 7th 1941 (as forementioned) when the base of operations for the US Pacific fleet, Pearl Harbour undergoes a surprise bombing attack by the Japanese, did they declare war. After sixty years, Hollywood heavyweight, Jerry Bruckheimer (Armageddon, Top Gun, Bad Company, The Rock, Bad ... more
  • 87 of 87 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 Crazy-Christian

    Member since 02/08/2000

    Reviews written: 79

    3 Stars It's not THAT bad... Diamond review 14/06/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great action scenes

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not as good as it thinks it is

    I just had to write this op having read some scathing reviews of this film since it opened. Not that I disagree with what most people say about it, because it is packed with flaws, but because I think the film does deserve an audience, albeit a limited one. I only went to see this film because I had an American friend staying with me, who was interested in the events that the film purports to depict. He was unaware of the critical reviews or the inherent romantic elements of the film but I decided to let him make up his own mind. I, therefore, had very few expectations for this movie. The film ... more
  • 67 of 67 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 the_mad_cabbie

    Member since 06/12/2000

    Reviews written: 678

    2 Stars This Film Is No Pearl 13/06/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages The action sequences and special effects

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Corny, stilted, sloppy, sentimental clap trap

    ~ ~ I went to see the latest great war epic, Pearl Harbour, at the weekend, that has been advertising itself all over the place as THE definitive film about the event that catapulted the USA into the Second World War, and which changed forever the course of world history. This film actually lasted about an hour more than the actual attack itself, which was all over in a little under two hours. Yawn!!! After a very short period of time I found myself wishing that one of the Japanese Kamikaze pilots had survived, and decided to make a comeback and attack the film studio where this ... more
  • 59 of 59 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 Andy.mack

    Member since 29/08/2002

    Reviews written: 899

    2 Stars It Cost How Much To Make 10/09/2003
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Half an hour of some of the best scenes and special effects in a film

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The Love triangle, The hour and a half build up

    In 2001 one of the most anticipated films in a long time was released, having spent a reported $130 million on the film, big things were expected. The team of Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay, added a lot of appeal to the film and suddenly it had become the must see film of the year, surpassing even the hype that had surrounded Titanic on it’s opening weekend. As you may have guessed this is a war film, based on events at Pearl Harbor, that brought the Americans into the war. But back track to before the war we first meet our two main characters as kids, Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett) and ... more
  • 36 of 36 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 2 cool_bob

    Member since 28/04/2001

    Reviews written: 13

    4 Stars the real world should just stop hassling me 28/06/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages good SFX

    Disadvantages Disadvantages cliched, hardly based on facts. bad portrayal of characters

    When I first went into the cinema, I was expecting a pretty average film, as I had read quite a few critics completely slate ‘Pearl Harbour’. When I left the cinema a brief 3 hours later, my first thought was “Ouch, my legs aren’t working properly” closely followed by “wow, that was actually pretty good!”. And that is what ‘Pearl Harbour’ is – pretty good. It seems to have the same effect on people as marmite, you either like it or you hate it, and I’d have to say that im probably firmly in the liking it camp. Bypassing all the ... more

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Actor(s) Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Jon Voight, Alec Baldwin, Tom Sizemore, Ewen Bremner, Josh Hartnett
Director(s) Michael Bay, Michael Bay, Michael Bay
Genre Drama
Classification 12 years and over
Production Year 2001

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