I have to disagree to some extent. I thought the story was weak and overdrawn. They could easily have cut 40 minutes out of the first half of this movie and not lost anything. However, the acting was good and the attack itself is spectacular and very historically accurate. I had the good fortune to see this movie with some Pearl Harbor survivors, and they said the chaos of the attack was perfectly depicted. BTW, they said they wished the nurses they met there partied like the ones in the movie. ;-)

If you can make it through the first half, the second half is a must see!