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Preview Plot: When released in December 2000, Thirteen Days was pummeled for taking liberties with the facts of the Cuban missile crisis and smothering its compelling drama with phony Boston accents by its p...( read more read more... )

The film (and costar-coproducer Kevin Costner) drew criticism for fictionally enhancing the White House role of presidential aide Kenneth O'Donnell, but while Costner's Boston accent may be grating, his fine performance as O'Donnell offers expert witness to the crisis, its nerve-wracking escalation, and the efforts of John F. Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood) and Robert F. Kennedy (Steven Culp) to negotiate a peaceful settlement with Russia. While Soviet missiles approach operational status in Cuba, director Roger Donaldson (who directed Costner in No Way Out) cuts to exciting U.S. Navy flights over the missile site, ramping up the tension that history itself provided. Donaldson's occasional use of black and white is self-consciously distracting, and he's further guilty of allowing a shrillness (along with repetitive, ominous shots of nuclear explosions) to invade the urgency of David Self's screenplay. Still, as Hollywood history lessons go, Thirteen Days is riveting stuff. You may find yourself wondering what might happen if reality presented a repeat scenario under less intelligent leadership. --Jeff Shannon

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  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 12, 2008
    I generally don't like Kevin Costner (he's the weakest link in this film, actually), but this movie is very suspenseful. Oh by the way, Costner's Baawwston accent is atrocious!
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 9, 2008
    good movie, but it was dragged out too long and had no scenes of
    combat *except a plane being shot at* the movie sort of just stepped back and looked at the goverment
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 3, 2008
    Good. Some aspects of the acting detract from the amazing story, and parts are fictionalized (obviously so) for the sake of presentation, but I'm willing to overlook that in light of the historical importance of the story and the portrayal of leadership under pressure with a strong intellectual, self-questioning take.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 29, 2008
    This war movie (well... not quite a war thankfully) based on the Cuban Missle crisis is looked down upon by most viewers because of the lack of exaggerated drama and fictional romance. While I will admit I was bored through a portion of the movie I was kind of glad they focused more on the history lesson being taught than trying to make up some fake story to get a better audience reaction. Yes Kevin Costner's fake boston accent was annoying, and yes they could have cut out a portion of the movie to make it easier to watch in one sitting, but nonetheless there were some moments of dialogue that were incredibly inspiring and brilliant. At points I could almost feel the tension the US leaders were feeling at the time even though I already knew the outcome of the situation.
  • 1.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 29, 2008
    This is really quite dull and boring, which means it totally fails to capture the sense of urgency and drama of that period.

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  • Rated: (PG-13)
  • Directed by: Roger Donaldson
  • Genres: Drama
  • Released: December 25, 2000
  • DVD Released: July 10, 2001

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