The Hurricane (1999) movie poster

The Hurricane (1999)

"His greatest fight was for justice."
ThumbScore
👍 92%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 78%
Drama

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Director
Norman Jewison
Runtime
2h 26m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.4/10 (1,497 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
74

Cast

Denzel Washington as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter · 75% avg
Vicellous Shannon as Lesra Martin
Deborah Kara Unger as Lisa Peters · 72% avg
Liev Schreiber as Sam Chaiton · 71% avg
John Hannah as Terry · 74% avg
Dan Hedaya as Della Pesca · 74% avg
Debbi Morgan as Mae Thelma
Clancy Brown as Lt. Jimmy Williams · 70% avg

Is The Hurricane good?

Yes. 92% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 78%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#68 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#4 / 103 · 1999
Rank among its director's films
#1 / 9 · Norman Jewison
On ThumbScore's lists
The Best Drama Movies on Starz (#1) · The Best Movies on Starz (#1) · The Best Movies of the 90s (#34) · Top 250 Movies of All Time (#104)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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

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