Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Kevin CostnerKenneth O'Donnell
- Bruce GreenwoodJohn F. Kennedy
- Steven CulpRobert F. Kennedy
- Dylan BakerRobert McNamara
- Michael FairmanAdlai Stevenson
- Henry StrozierDean Rusk
- Frank WoodMcGeorge Bundy
- Kevin ConwayGen. Curtis LeMay
- Tim KelleherTed Sorensen
- Len CariouDean Acheson
Recommendations
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
Fascinating in its depiction of presidential leadership in action. - 88
New York Daily News
An excellent movie about a real-life nail-biter, forcefully acted, true to its period and directed with clarity. - 75
USA Today
Once this 2 1/4-hour slow-starter finally finds its rhythm, we're reminded of how gripping policy give-and-take around a long rectangular table can be. - 70
Time
The players don't particularly look like their historical models, but they make us feel their life-threatening pain and puzzlement. - 70
L.A. Weekly
A refreshing breakaway from both idolatry and cynicism. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
I much prefer the whacked-out, Dr. Strangelove-ish brand of political-apocalypse film to all this straitlaced you-are-there dramaturgy, which seems a throwback to the early sixties not only in time but in spirit. But what Thirteen Days sets out to do it does admirably. - 70
TNT RoughCut
Greenwood gives a nuanced performance that may be the film's best work, but at times his surface dissimilarities to JFK are jarring. - 67
Austin Chronicle
A suspenseful breath of fresh air following on the heels of one of the dumbest Hollywood summers in recent memory.
