Amistad (1997)
The slave ship Amistad is sailing from Cuba to America on a long journey led by Cinque . During that journey, the slaves are trying to make a real uprising for their release. But slaves have been held in Connecticut and their release has become controversial and an exciting issue. On the other hand, Theodore Judson of the Syndicate tries to acquit others. Theodore recruited Roger Baldwin as a lawyer to help his case. In the end, John Quincy Adams became an ally of these slaves.
24 August 1945, Córdoba, Argentina
25 August 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 June 1947, Joliet, Illinois, USA
25 November 1971
5 April 1929, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
23 February 1948, New York, New York, USA
16 December 1955, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
1 September 1952, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
19 November 1966, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
30 August 1954, Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA
23 May 1968, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
18 June 1957, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
February 13, 2006
Aiming to instruct and entertain, and often struggling to reconcile these goals, Amistad lacks the subtlety of tone and simplicity of form that made Schindler's List one of Spielberg's very best; here, however, every idea and image are too explicit.
June 18, 2002
In Amistad, an admirable but disappointing effort...[Speilberg] veers between stoic political correctness and mushy Hollywood platitudes.
January 01, 2000
Halfway into Amistad comes the point where Steven Spielberg pulls the lever, and the stink and horror and bestialities of slavery spill around our ankles. We can't look away.
December 06, 2005
Fortunately, the dry, courtroom banter is interjected with powerful accounts of the violent, inhumane atrocities inflicted on the slaves by Spanish merchants.
December 21, 2010
Powerful story for mid-teens and up.
June 24, 2006
In short, a wordy courtroom drama which seldom progresses beyond ciphers, stereotypes and salutary slogans.
April 12, 2002
Spielberg seems to be dividing his filmmaking output into two distinct halves: in the summer months cranking out no-brainer dinosaur flicks...in the winter season unveiling his serious artistic stuff to edify the adults and woo the Oscar crowd.
May 26, 2006
Amistad is worth seeing just for people to know about this important story, this moment in history. But from the world's most powerful, successful and famous director, we expect more.
December 06, 2004
This is the most straightforward, understated, and powerful big-screen representation of the gospel in recent movie history. And for that, Amistad should be recommended to everyone.
January 01, 2000
As Spielberg vehicles go, Amistad -- part mystery, action thriller, courtroom drama, even culture-clash comedy -- lands between the disturbing lyricism of Schindler's List and the storybook artificiality of The Color Purple.
April 09, 2005
Amistad is the telling of an interesting event in American history, but doesn't draw its audience in to the heart of the story.
January 01, 2000
Thematically rich, impeccably crafted, and intellectually stimulating, the only area where this movie falls a little short is in its emotional impact.
