Review of Days of Thunder (1990) by Aleksandra M — 10 Aug 2008

Top Gun all over again, but worse. Still, entertaining.

This review of Days of Thunder (1990) was written by Aleksandra M on 10 Aug 2008.

Days of Thunder has generally received mixed reviews.

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 19 May 2014

Days of Thunder wants to be an action drama, but it's really just a star vehicle of the most rudimentary sort, with nothing to offer Cruise…

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By Bill S (2,971) on 25 Mar 2015

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By Candice Russell (77) for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (746) on 19 May 2014

Days of Thunder lives up to its title in one respect. It`s big-time noisy. It`s also as empty as the stands at the Daytona 500 an hour after the race…

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By Jamie C (1,664) on 25 Feb 2016

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By Indu R (327) on 08 Jan 2017

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The only historically noteworthy thing about this big, dumb testosterone fantasy is the first screen teaming of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman…

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Dispensing with all notions that Days of Thunder is a critical work of any sort reveals its hollow and misogynistic underpinnings…

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