

Pearl Harbor
It takes a moment to change history. It takes love to change lives.
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $140M
- Box office
- $449.2M
- Language
- French
- army
- airplane
- nurse
- patriotism
- hawaii
- world war ii
- pilot
- pearl harbor
- u.s. air force
- dyslexia
- pacific war
- love
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United StatesUS
- PremiereHonolulu, Hawaii21 May 2001
- TheatricalPG-1325 May 2001
- PhysicalPG-13VHS / DVD4 Dec 2001
- PhysicalRDVD (Director's Cut)2 Jul 2002
- PhysicalPG-13Blu-ray19 Dec 2006
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon, England30 May 2001
- Theatrical121 Jun 2001
- Physical12VHS / DVD3 Dec 2001
- Physical15DVD (Director's Cut)11 Nov 2002
- TV12BBC10 May 2006
- Physical12Blu-ray19 Mar 2007
- TV12BBC Three 2 Feb 2008
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM7 Jun 2001
- PhysicalMVHS / DVD23 Apr 2002
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG25 May 2001
- Physical14AVHS / DVD4 Dec 2001
- Physical14ADVD (Director's Cut)2 Jul 2002
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1221 May 2001
BulgariaBG
- TheatricalC14 Sept 2001
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+6 Sept 2001
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1129 Jun 2001
- Physical11VHS / DVD5 Dec 2001
DjiboutiDJ
- Theatrical29 Jun 2001
FranceFR
- Theatrical126 Jun 2001
- Digital / OTTDisney+23 Feb 2021
- TV6ter1 Mar 2026
- TVW928 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical127 Jun 2001
- Physical12VHS / DVD21 Nov 2001
GreeceGR
- Theatrical31 Aug 2001
Frequently asked questions
Pearl Harbor was released on 21 May 2001.
Audience reviews
5- J5/10
John Chard
9/25/2014
OK! Lets not beat around the bush, it's historically suspicious, badly written, badly cast and clearly an hour too long. A splendid "support cast" are wasted as Michael Bay and his production team think they can produce some sort of Titanic of the Skies like epic and fail in their objective. By the time of the brilliantly constructed assault by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, and "it is" exhilarating and edge of the se…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
7/1/2022
After about half an hour, I started to wonder if this film was going to take as long to get going as a pearl takes to form in an oyster! It's a close run thing, as it must be around eighty minutes in before the Japanese come to the rescue of the audience and introduce some action into this over-long and dreary romance. Certainly it is all handsomely presented with Ben Affleck ("Rafe") at his most swarthy as he gets i…
- W9/10
Wuchak
1/30/2023
**_A fine drama/romance combined with great war action_** "Pearl Harbor" (2001) is a Titanic-ized version of the tragic events of Pearl Harbor—a fabricated drama/romance hooking the viewer into the deceitful attack of December 7, 1941. It's 85 minutes before the attack occurs so the drama/romance and build-up to the infamous day BETTER be good, and it is. It's believable too (except maybe for the premature sex …
- R6/10
RalphRahal
2/18/2025
Pearl Harbor is one of those movies that gets a lot of hate, but honestly, I don’t think it deserves all of it. People go in expecting a war film and get a romance drama instead, which seems to be where most of the criticism comes from. The plot focuses more on a love triangle than the historical attack itself, and while that might not be what everyone wanted, it was clearly the film’s intention. If you can accept th…
- G1/10
GenerationofSwine
3/1/2026
I think the best review on this was "An American love triangle interrupted by a bombing" or something along those lines and that pretty much sums it up. The action is pretty cool, but... that's all you get.
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