An entertaining historical drama

Rating: 9/10 (27 May 2001)

If you know your history it is pretty easy to seperate the fact from the fiction in this movie. It seems that most of the reviewers that hate this movie seem to think that it is supposed to be Tora! Tora! Tora! 2001. The producers of Pearl Harbor added a love story to this movie in order to make the characters more real. If there was no love story then we would have a dry historical account of the war with no characters to root for. Taken for what it is, Pearl Harbor is an excellent movie. It has developed characters, history, love, and action. If all you want is action go see The Mummy II. If you want history rent Tora! Tora! Tora! I personally thought both of those movies were boring. Pearl Harbor, on the other hand, is a well balanced movie. I felt even more proud to be an American after viewing this movie. We have the best country in the world and we know how to make the best summer blockbusters in the world.