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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Pearl Harbor
2001
**
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Katie Beckinsale, Alec Baldwin

The attack on Pearl Harbor is used as a backdrop for a cheesy romantic triangle as two pilots (and best mates) both fall in love with the same nurse. Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay are not known for historical dramas, and they don't defy expectations. The performances are wooden and the script is clichéd, and historically and romantically unconvincing. The attack itself is impressive but overlong, and ultimately pointless.