Thirteen Days Critic Reviews
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Fascinating in its depiction of presidential leadership in action.Read the full review
A big, square, rousing political thriller docudrama.Read the full review
It turns the nerve-fraying Cuban missile crisis into a big pop myth with the grip of a vise.Read the full review
Once this 2 1/4-hour slow-starter finally finds its rhythm, we're reminded of how gripping policy give-and-take around a long rectangular table can be.Read the full review
I call the movie a thriller, even though the outcome is known, because it plays like one: We may know that the world doesn't end, but the players in this drama don't, and it is easy to identify with them.Read the full review
Dealing with all these crises and decisions gives Thirteen Days a surprising amount of tension and watchability for a story whose outcome we already know.Read the full review
Kevin Costner is suitably flinty in 13 Days, a competent, by-the-numbers recreation of the events surrounding the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.Read the full review
Reasonably intelligent, well-crafted and dramatically understated.Read the full review
Like President Kennedy, director Donaldson (who made "No Way Out," another pretty good Washington-seat-of-power thriller) has found a perfect balance of often-opposing forces: between recorded history and the demands of plain old entertainment.Read the full review
