The preview promised a "Private Ryan", but they delivered a cliched "Titanic"

Rating: 2/10 (2 June 2001)

When I saw the previews for Pearl Harbor, there was no mention of a love story. I was expecting a war movie with romantic elements, but Pearl Harbor is a sappy love story of the worst kind with a couple of battle scenes--battle scenes that are inaccurate and contrived. I don't mind a romantic movie, but make it original--and if you're going to make a movie about such a pivotal event in US history, treat it with an appropriate amount of respect. The special effects were pretty good, but that doesn't make a great