description:	On its theatrical release f1i Thirteen Days f0i0 was pummelled by American critics for taking liberties with the facts of the Cuban missile crisis and smothering its compelling drama with phoney Boston accents by its primary stars. But anyone who enjoys taut, intelligent political thrillers will find little to complain about here. Co-star and co-producer Kevin Costner drew criticism for fictionally enhancing the White House role of presidential aide Kenneth O'Donnell, but while Costner's Boston accent may be grating, his fine performance as O'Donnell offers expert witness to the crisis, its nerve-wracking escalation and the efforts of John F Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood) and Robert F Kennedy (Steven Culp) to negotiate a peaceful settlement with Russia. While Soviet missiles approach operational status in Cuba, director Roger Donaldson (who directed Costner in f1i No Way Out f0i0 ) cuts to exciting US Navy flights over the missile site, ramping up the tension that history itself provided. Donaldson's occasional use of black and white is self-consciously distracting, and he's further guilty of allowing a shrillness (along with repetitive, ominous shots of nuclear explosions) to invade the urgency of David Self's screenplay. Still, as Hollywood history lessons go, f1i Thirteen Days f0i0 is riveting stuff. You may find yourself wondering what might happen if reality presented a repeat scenario under less intelligent leadership.-- f1i Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
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title:	Thirteen Days [2001]
stars:	Kevin Costner Stephen Culp
purchase date:	01-01-2005
publisher:	Buena Vista Home Entertainment
published:	04-02-2002
price:	£17.99
net Rating:	4.94
last lookup time:	126270856
edition:	DVD
director:	Roger Donaldson
created:	126270832
country:	gb
aspect:	PAL Widescreen
asin:	B00005U1XK