The Core

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  • Opened March 28, 2003 
  • 2 hr 16 min
  • PG-13 | Sci-Fi Life/Death Situations and Brief Strong Language
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. More on child suitability

  • Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, D.J. Qualls
  • Director: Jon Amiel
  • Genres: Action/Adventure

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

The Core is unabashed Hollywood spectacle, but with a cast of up-from-indie actors that makes the cataclysmic kitsch all the more fun to behold. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

It's a straight-ahead adventure with the usual number of thrills, but with the added virtue of being smarter and more sober than one might expect. Read full review

75
Boston Globe
| Wesley Morris

The real core of The Core is the beautiful friendship between a highly emotive Eckhart and the sacrificial Karyo. Their bond is the best thing to happen to Franco-American relations since SpaghettiOs. Read full review

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New York Post
| Lou Lumenick

No one's going to confuse The Core with art -- or even a good film -- but it's 25 minutes longer than "The Hours" and I had at least 25 times as much fun. Read full review

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