Thirteen Days Poster

Thirteen Days (2000)

PG-13 12/25/2000 History, Thriller 2h 25m
70%
User
Score
7.3/10
83%
67/100

You'll never believe how close we came.

Overview

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.

David Self

Screenplay

Roger Donaldson

Director

Top Billed Cast

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner

Kenneth O'Donnell

Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood

John F. Kennedy

Steven Culp

Steven Culp

Robert F. Kennedy

Dylan Baker

Dylan Baker

Robert McNamara

Michael Fairman

Michael Fairman

Adlai Stevenson

Henry Strozier

Henry Strozier

Dean Rusk

Frank Wood

Frank Wood

McGeorge Bundy

Kevin Conway

Kevin Conway

Gen. Curtis LeMay

Tim Kelleher

Tim Kelleher

Ted Sorensen

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Media

Official UK Re-Release Trailer

Official UK Re-Release Trailer

Thirteen Days Theatrical Movie Trailer (2001)

Thirteen Days Theatrical Movie Trailer (2001)

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on July 25, 2015

The art of political film making in all its glory.

"Communicate with the Soviets? We can't communicate with the Pentagon - and it's just across the goddamn river!"

October 1962, for 13 days the American government fought to avert a nuclear war when it was discovered that the Soviet Union had deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba. This is that story.

Many superlatives can be chucked at Thirteen Days, and all are viable. In simple terms it's an intelligent and gripping political thriller, superbly scripted and performed by a cast firing on all cylinders. It's a treat to find a film of this type that educates while it pitches you into a world of political intrigue, to provoke real life thoughts even as the suspense takes a hold. Yes it's talky, of course it is, but these conversations ar...

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A review by GenerationofSwine

Written on July 10, 2023

Kevin Costner at least tried to do an accent in this movie, which probably means he got a new agent, a yes man that didn't bother to give him the advice that doing believable accents isn't his thing. It's almost like listening to your average Brit trying to sound like an American and completely overdoing it.

Do we really sound that exaggerated to them?

Who cares, ignore the above, it's still a good movie... despite Costner's accent. Or, possibly, in spite of it.

It trashes Dean Achenson, and as a historian the only thing I like to see MORE than Dean getting his just deserts is Allen Dulles getting his... and it throws a jab at that a**hole too. In 2000 that would have been seen as pure liberal honesty, but now it sort of comes across as far right. I mean the movie is literally...

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