Thirteen Days

Superb historical drama about the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962, when the world, with good reason, held hits collective breath. U2 photographs confirm that the Soviet Union is introducing stragic nuclear missiles into Cuba. John Kennedy (steller performance by Bruce... Full review

Overall, this is a very good movie. However, Kevin Costner should give up on trying to do accents. Throughout the movie the accent would vary from extreme to non-existent. When he was using the accent it was so pathetically awful that... Full review

This movie is so full of historical inaccuracies it's almost funny. Funny if it were not for the fact that those who are ignorant of history will believe all the non-sense in it. From off the top of my head there’s... Full review

This was the greatest movie of the year thus far. There is drama, romance, pain, adventure, and fighting which all comes togther to make this movie a thriller. I saw this last night with two of my friends and we all... Full review

In 1962, the world stood on the brink of World War III for "Thirteen Days," a 2000 film starring Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp and Dylan Baker, with direction by Roger Donaldson. The story concerns the "Cuban Missile Crisis,"... Full review

This movie trully gives you an insight on how Kennedy thought and felt during this time period. The actors that the found to play in this movie was Great. The man who played Kennedy was fantastic, he trully looked and sounded... Full review

This movie was very stiff in it's feeling.The acting was also pretty boring to watch and unimpresive.This movie had that feeling of being in a boring history class and trying to stay awake while this boring movie just seems to go... Full review

An excellent film on the true accounts of the 13 days the world stood on the brinck of total destruction. The Soviets place warheads in Cuba and LIE to America and say they have no offensive weapons.... Full review

I served aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy which was depicted in the film. The Kennedy was the ship that boarded the Marcula in the waters off the Bahamas. The Kennedy, now part of Battleship cove in Fall River, Ma.,... Full review

Basically this movie is a great history lesson. If you want to know more about the cold war and the Cuba missile crisis in particular this is a perfect medium for you to start with. The movie is quite detailed... Full review

a heck of a movie.... ... Full Review

Best of all, though, is that amid the swish cars, gun fights, double dealing, fisticuffs and digging, the film makes good on its promise by delivering a great old-fashioned pay-off where the real villains of the piece get what's coming to them. Directed with a palpable sense of period atmosphere by expat Australian director Roger Donaldson ( Thirteen Days, The Bounty, World's Fastest Indian - and one of the few directors left who knows how to shoot widescreen properly), the film sports an accelerating pace ... Full Review

You cannot watch this sophisticated, understated film... Most important, it has an impeccable sense of period and... ... Full Review

Though Mr. Greenwood makes you feel each decision he must make, the real success of his performance lies in the fact that you are not always on his side. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy (Stephen Culp) rounds the triumvirate of power well, and Mr. Culp brings just enough of the younger Kennedy's renown "ruthlessness" to the role. ... Full Review

The broad outlines here are truthful (some of the dialogue, in fact, is taken straight from the history books), and the public library is stocked with memoirs and histories that can fill in many blanks. Unfortunately, when you have a big star playing a lowly gatekeeper to the president, it's easy for the movie to inflate the character's role. ... Full Review

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J ohn Kerry 's given up on the White House. But his filmmaker daughter Alexandra 's Tinseltown dreams are coming true. Beacon Pictures ( Thirteen Days, Firewall ) has attached Kerry to direct her first feature, an adaptation of Jessica... ... Full Article

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That ultimate insider is JFKs Special Aid to the President Kenneth P. ODonnell, played by Kevin Costner. Bruce Greenwood plays John F. Kennedy and Steven Culp plays brother Robert Kennedy. Along with Bobby, ODonnell is one of JFKs most trusted ... Full Article

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