NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

vrabecj I was only a toddler during the crisis, but over the years I have read over 30 books about the JFK assassination and some of those talk about the Cuban Missile Crisis at length.The US was within hours of a nuclear war with the USSR and Kennedy's intelligence and calmness saved the day. The war hawks in the administration along with those with the same sentiment on Khrushchev's side kept ratcheting up their desire to go to war.After JFK was murdered, Khruschev mentioned that the chance of the Cold War ending died with JFK.I have loved this movie since its first release and enjoy watching it still today. A good history lesson for people that want to know more about Kennedy's presidency.As far as Costner's accent, to me it didn't hinder the movie at all. The story is the thing and the acting overall was top notch.

slightlymad22 Thirteen Days (2000)Plot In A Paragraph: The Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.I think this is a brilliant movie, filled with great performances. Bruce Greenwood as JFK and Steven Culprit as Bobby Kennedy. It is another less is more performance from KC, and he does not steal the limelight from his costars. Every performance in this movie is as flawless as you can get. It's well shot, has amazing tension, whilst the score is another winner too!! This was not only KC's best reviewed movie in years, he also revived great reviews. Gripping, excellent thriller, Fascinating, Terrifically engrossing were all terms I heard/read in relation to this movie, but for some reason nobody went to see it. I remember when it was nominated for the critics choice for best movie, I thought it may be a movie the Oscars love but didn't find an audience, but from memory, it didn't garner a single nomination. I urge everyone who has not seen it, to check it out.

meritcoba "Nothing can ruin the carefree mood of a football game so much as an imminent nuclear holocaust." Henry folded his hands behind his head and stretched his body as to make full use of the couch."Blimey, we actually saw a movie that was on the good side of the average divide..." Kristl said and she handed Henry a beer. She had walked into the kitchen that was at the end on the adjoining corridor of their garage-turned-movie-theater."Beer...? Blimey..? A positive mood? What has gotten into you?" Henry quickly secured the offered beer before something sudden would happen, like a nuclear war or a mood swing. You never knew when Kristls mood would take another turn. Women, so Henry thought, were highly unpredictable.. especially to men.." I really liked the movie. It was a good political thriller. Strange actually, considering that I knew what was going to happen: it still had me sitting on the edge. I liked it that they never showed what the other people were thinking or doing: the Soviets, the Cubans, even their own people: the US military. And although I had to get adjust for a moment, it was a good thing that Kevin Costner did not play the president but his adviser. It sort of made it more human. ""Yeah, funny... Our military was as much to be trusted as not. I can imagine that some people will not like this image of some military dudes steering towards a nuclear war. Perhaps somewhat unfair too? The Russians were the bad guys, no?" Henry mused. He savored his beer."Soviets. Not Russians. Let's call them Soviets. And the answer: maybe.. maybe.. at least they were unknown baddies.. That makes the movie unnerving. You have no idea what they are thinking. Just like the president and his staff must have been experiencing. What are they up to? How far will they go?""And what if they don't stop?""Yeah. How did you like the intro.. how it flows from the introduction into the movie. Other than that the movie was not a cinematographic high movie. Not spectacular imagery. But well played and well written." Kristl added."I actually was amazed myself that I liked it.. I mean,..." Henry made a vague gesture., spilling some beer."No damsels in tight suits shooting up legions of evil guys?" Kristl smiled."Yeah., no action.. yet the movie scares the hell out of you. They were so hovering on the brink of a nuclear war. If the Russians had not given in.. If they had not turned those ships around.." Henry made a sudden gesture with his hands making him spill beer all around, "BOOM!""That is true.. but than we never know if president Kennedy would have backed down himself. Or that they would have ignored the ships being there. This is of course another thing. That this issue got to be a big issue was because the US made it into a one. They were prepared to go to war over nuclear missiles stationed on Cuba not because it meant that the US could now be nuked -the Soviets could do that already- but because the US could be nuked far quicker than before. Not hours.. but minutes. It sort of evened the score in their opinion because that same threat hung over the heads over everyone else. It sort of gives you pause to think why this thing was played up. Why was Kennedy prepared to let it get this far?""Well. In the end the Russians backed down.. so the US won." Henry said."Won?" Kristls face became thoughtful, "Won. Maybe. But at that point in time I wonder.. was it really necessary to drag the world towards a nuclear war over some missiles placed on Cuba? I mean really.. the Soviets could already bomb the US back into the stone age so placing missiles on Cuba was not actually changing the balance in the world by much. Maybe it was more to save the presidents prestige than anything else. Which makes you wonder... and scared. ""Let's fret not over things that are in the past. We are talking about a movie, not about some political historical discussion. I liked the movie even if there was not one action scene in it.""Uhmm. Touchy subject no?""Let us just say that it ended in a positive mood. Red lost...""And blue won?""Right.""Only not sure who was red and who was blue." Kristl said to herself.Review with pictures at my site:www.meritcoba.com

Jonathan Russell A good movie, with some excellent performances. Bruce Greenwood is utterly believable as President Kennedy and was a bit of inspired casting, and Steven Culp makes an excellent Bobby Kennedy. The latter's performance deserves special mention, I feel, as Culp is otherwise a relative unknown, someone who has a long list of walk on parts in numerous TV series from The Cosby Show to Grey's Anatomy, yet is not exactly a familiar name or face.As a drama it is enjoyable to follow and achieves real dramatic tension during critical moments, which is a tricky act to pull off in any story when one already knows the end (if not, Google 'Cuban Missile Crisis'!)I was not left with an impression of having watched a high end movie, it left more of an impression of a high quality TV drama-documentary. In short I liked it! It kept my attention all the way through, and I'm someone who easily loses interest if I feel the quality of a movie is becoming suspect, or it is simply boringly told.Kevin Costner ... his performance is good, I suppose, but ... what is it about the man? Towards the end of the movie I get the feeling he's trying to steal the show. He simply a presidential adviser, but as the political tensions escalate I feel Cosner is forgetting that the movie is not about him, but about Kennedy, nucleur missiles and a key moment in world diplomatic history. He should stayed in the background and trusted the abilities of Greenwood, etc. to carry the drama to its conclusion.Or maybe this criticism should really be directed at the writers or director. However, maybe I'm overdoing the criticism. Costner's a big name. If he'd been an unknown in his first movie I'd be praising he to the heavens.All-in-all a movie I'd recommend to a friend as a memorable drama which will leave a good impression and even educate one a little bit.