The Hurricane
The movie tells the story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a a boxer whose dreams of winning the middleweight boxing title is destroyed when he's wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
20 September 1956, Dunn, North Carolina, USA
17 January 1942, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1947, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
30 August 1954, Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA
1 September 1934, Montclair, New Jersey, USA
25 November 1937, Redwood City, California, USA
December 24, 2010
Denzel dazzles in biopic of imprisoned boxer.
August 05, 2008
There's no denying it's powerful stuff, which, for want of a better phrase, really packs a punch.
April 25, 2003
A reminder that there's still a lot to be said for the good old-fashioned inspirational Hollywood movie.
April 09, 2005
There is a talented supporting cast, but they are not given much opportunity to break out of the two-dimensional symbolism they are cloaked with in the script by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon.
January 01, 2000
Stirring but schmaltzy.
August 07, 2004
The movie's dogged humorlessness, and its sixties-style cant, don't do justice to all the political crosscurrents in this story.
January 01, 2000
Beautifully crafted and uplifting.
June 18, 2002
Give director Norman Jewison credit for two things: 1) He made the movie; 2) He let Washington run away with it.
August 07, 2008
The film, directed by Norman Jewison, feels a bit too simple for such a complex story, but Washington transcends the problems to provide his best acting since Malcolm X.
May 20, 2003
The film has genuine impact, and I'm betting that leading and supporting Oscar nominations will follow.
June 24, 2006
Facile and unpersuasive.
September 24, 2007
Startlingly inept coming from a generally accomplished director like Norman Jewison.
