Thirteen Days

Name: Thirteen Days
Released: 2000-12-25
Cast: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker

Thirteen Days

PG-13
2h 26m
2000

83%

age 14+

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Kevin Costner stars in this inside look at how the Kennedy Administration responded to the discovery of offensive Soviet weapons in Cuba, and the pressurized tug-of-war that ensued between the US and the USSR during the thirteen days of the missile crisis.

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Producer:

Armyan Bernstein, Kevin Costner, Peter O. Almond, Marc Abraham, Thomas A. Bliss, Michael De Luca, Ilona Herzberg

Writer:

David Self, Ernest R. May, Philip D. Zelikow

Cast:

Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

83%

Critics Consensus: Thirteen Days offers a compelling look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, and its talented cast deftly portrays the real-life people who were involved.

Reviews

Solzy at the Movies

Danielle Solzman

Kennedy fans might appreciate Thirteen Days for what it is but the film could do better in putting the right faces up front.

I find vertiginous and very palpitating what happens in this political thriller, directed by Roger Donaldson, about one of the most tense moments of the Kennedy administration: the Cuban missile crisis. [Full review in Spanish]

It really is the Cuban Missile Crisis played out on a grand scale, and, in some respects, this grandiosity is permissible.

An outstanding movie for families with older kids.

a slightly more accurate mythology of the Cuban Missile Crisis

June 22, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 14+

Common Sense Says

Superb film about Cuban missile crisis, best for older kids.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Thirteen Days, a docudrama about the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, is exciting and suspenseful, even though the actual outcome is well known. The film is a recreation of a crucial incident in American history that's suitable for teens and mature tweens, as well as adults. There's frequent swearing used to heighten the emotional impact (i.e., "bastard," "asshole," "s--t," "Jesus Christ," one use of "f--k"). Because the film is set in the 1960s, smoking is a casual part of many of the meetings in the White House. Alcoholic beverages are consumed in several scenes, never to excess. President John F. Kennedy is seen taking a prescription drug on one occasion.