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The Hurricane

The Hurricane

Drama · 1999

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Movie details

The Hurricane

“His greatest fight was for justice.”

1999 Drama 2h 26m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.6 / 10

105.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

82 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

74 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.4 / 10

Community rating

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The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

CriticWise case file

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Norman Jewison

Written by

Dan Gordon · Armyan Bernstein

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Vicellous Shannon

Vicellous Shannon

Lesra Martin

Deborah Kara Unger

Deborah Kara Unger

Lisa Peters

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Sam Chaiton

John Hannah

John Hannah

Terry

Dan Hedaya

Dan Hedaya

Della Pesca

Debbi Morgan

Debbi Morgan

Mae Thelma

Court is in session

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.