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Top Movies Eight Below Date Movie The Pink Panther Curious George Final Destination 3 Firewall Freedomland When a Stranger Calls Big Momma's House 2 Nanny McPhee New Releases Curious George Final Destination 3 Firewall The Pink Panther Date Movie Eight Below Freedomland Something New Failure to Launch When a Stranger Calls Top Celebs Reese Witherspoon Brad Pitt Paris Hilton Mariah Carey Lindsay Lohan Scarlett Johansson Phil Collins Britney Spears Angelina Jolie Jodie Marsh	Pearl Harbor  Release Date - May 25, 2001 Nationwide  Distributor - Touchstone Pictures  Duration - 183 Mins  Type - Action/Adventure, Drama and Romance. ( Rated PG-13 )  Writer : Randall Wallace.  Producer : Jerry Bruckheimer.  Director : Michael Bay.  Starring : Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alec Baldwin.  Synopsis Set during the time of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, two friends (Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett) are caught up in the events that draw the United States into World War II. One of them enlists with the U.S. Army Air Corps and the other flies for the British Royal Air Force, but they both find themselves in love with the same woman (Kate Beckinsale).  Critic Reviews Pearl Harbor – the film – really isn’t a single movie, but three, each lasting roughly an hour. The first is a sentimental and painfully shallow pre-war romance; the second is an intense and spectacular re-enactment of the attack on Pearl Harbor; and the third is a Yankee pride-booster about a 1942 U.S. bomber raid on industrial Tokyo. During the first section, we’re treated to a romantic triangle between pilots Rafe McCawley ( Ben Affleck ) and Danny Walker ( Josh Harnett ) and nurse Evelyn Johnson ( Kate Beckinsale ). While this part of the film should have been notable for the steady build-up of tension toward the attack, it isn’t, largely because of excessive sentimentalism and too much time spent amidst the bravado of the pilots and the clucking of hen-like nurses. The overwrought love story is shallow and unsatisfying and adds little to the film. Once the attack finally begins, it is remarkable. The aerial warfare sequences are thrilling and nothing short of spectacular. The special effects are awesome, fabulously integrated with the live shots to create convincing battle scenes.The third section of the movie is an unfortunate add-on, included more to salve the egos of Americans than to complete the film’s story. While the action is intense, this is no Saving Private Ryan when it comes to showing the consequences of battle. Yes, there are dozens of injured and dead, but there isn’t the disturbing realism of Steven Spielberg’s epic. Here the worst is obscured by a stylized haziness that provides only a murky view of the gore. Exciting though it is, the battle sequences are dragged down by the human drama around them. The script is painfully over-written, with virtually every line sounding too much like it’s been scripted. And for non-American audiences, Pearl Harbor is yet another U.S.-made war movie that’s hard to swallow. Danny’s breathless pronouncement during the attack that, “I think World War Two just started” is remarkably ignorant. This Yankee-centric view is exacerbated by the film’s tendency to show infinitely more respect to the Japanese – who are portrayed as forced into attacking due to an oil embargo – than it does to U.S. allies, who are almost entirely ignored. Furthering adding to the bitter taste is the film’s stereotypes – the British as insubstantial beer drinkers, Japanese as perpetually frowning, mysterious, selfless, and crafty warriors, and the Americans as boisterous and brave. Even if you don’t mind the film’s ethnocentrism, Pearl Harbor is a disappointment. The action is great, but the human side of the film sinks like a torpedoed battleship, with far too much shallow sentiment and far too little originality.   For rating reasons : filmrating.com, mpaa.com                                    For Parents : Parentalguide.com
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