Fresh
Thirteen Days is a good movie about a profound moment in world history.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Thirteen Days
You'll never believe how close we came.
2000 · 2h 25m · PG-13
History, Thriller
Directed by
Roger Donaldson
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Thirteen Days
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.
Director and cast
- Roger Donaldson Director
- Kevin Costner as Kenneth O'Donnell
- Bruce Greenwood as John F. Kennedy
- Steven Culp as Robert F. Kennedy
- Dylan Baker as Robert McNamara
- Michael Fairman as Adlai Stevenson
- Henry Strozier as Dean Rusk
- Frank Wood as McGeorge Bundy
- Kevin Conway as Gen. Curtis LeMay
- Tim Kelleher as Ted Sorensen
- Len Cariou as Dean Acheson
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Who would've thought this nearly 40-year-old piece of history could be turned into such a riveting motion picture?
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
Thirteen Days is more suspenseful than the car crashes and breathless chases of most run-of-the-mill action movies.
Steven Rosen, Denver Post
Fresh
Suspenseful, well-crafted.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Shrewd and tender in equal measure, Thirteen Days is an insider drama par excellence.
Susan Stark, Detroit News
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