Amistad (1997) 1997 Watch Free in HD

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque (Djimon Hounsou) leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the free man who led the revolt.

Genre:

Drama, History

Actors:

Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård, Razaaq Adoti, Abu Bakaar Fofanah, Anna Paquin, ...»

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Country:

United States

Release:

1997

IMDb:

7.3

Quality:

Duration:

155 min

Globe and Mail

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.

April 12, 2002

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Reeling Reviews

Amistad is the telling of an interesting event in American history, but doesn't draw its audience in to the heart of the story.

April 09, 2005

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Common Sense Media

Powerful story for mid-teens and up.

December 21, 2010

San Francisco Chronicle

In Amistad, an admirable but disappointing effort...[Speilberg] veers between stoic political correctness and mushy Hollywood platitudes.

June 18, 2002

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Film Threat

Fortunately, the dry, courtroom banter is interjected with powerful accounts of the violent, inhumane atrocities inflicted on the slaves by Spanish merchants.

December 06, 2005

Houston Chronicle

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.

January 01, 2000

EmanuelLevy.Com

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.

February 13, 2006

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ReelViews

Thematically rich, impeccably crafted, and intellectually stimulating, the only area where this movie falls a little short is in its emotional impact.

January 01, 2000

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USA Today

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.

January 01, 2000

Looking Closer

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.

December 06, 2004

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Combustible Celluloid

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.

May 26, 2006

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Time Out

In short, a wordy courtroom drama which seldom progresses beyond ciphers, stereotypes and salutary slogans.

June 24, 2006

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