In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
Tora! Tora! Tora! has generally received positive reviews.
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Tora! Tora! Tora! was released in 1970 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 468 reviews, giving Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 81%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 65%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Tora! Tora! Tora! than critics were.
With a score of 70%, Tora! Tora! Tora! is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1970, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1970 with similar scores include films like The Aristocats, Catch-22 and Two Mules for Sister Sara.
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