Amistad is the name of a slave ship travelling from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839. It is carrying a cargo of Africans who have been sold into slavery in Cuba, taken on board, and chained in the cargo hold of the ship. As the ship is crossing from Cuba to the U.S., Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), who was a tribal leader in Africa, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. They continue to sail, hoping to find their way back to Africa. Instead, they are misdirected and when they reach the Un... (Full plot summary below)
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Amistad is the name of a slave ship travelling from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839. It is carrying a cargo of Africans who have been sold into slavery in Cuba, taken on board, and chained in the cargo hold of the ship. As the ship is crossing from Cuba to the U.S., Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), who was a tribal leader in Africa, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. They continue to sail, hoping to find their way back to Africa. Instead, they are misdirected and when they reach the United States, they are imprisoned as runaway slaves. They don't speak a word of English, and it seems like they are doomed to die for killing their captors when an abolitionist lawyer decides to take their case, arguing that they were free citizens of another country and not slaves at all. The case finally gets to the Supreme Court, where John Quincy Adams (Sir Anthony Hopkins) makes an impassioned and eloquent plea for their release.
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| Film Quips OnlineJohn R. McEwenJust when you thought you had seen the best movie there is about a historic seagoing vessel, along comes Amistad. |
| Philadelphia City PaperCynthia FuchsWhile the Africans [in Amistad] are tremendously sympathetic, the film maintains a distance from them, granting emotional access instead to the well-intentioned white guys. |
| EmpireChristopher HembladeSpielberg has mounted a courtroom drama to rival the finest Grisham, with a coruscating civil rights debate resonating both within the film and into the present as the audience knows it. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThematically rich, impeccably crafted, and intellectually stimulating, the only area where this movie falls a little short is in its emotional impact. |
| Dallas ObserverMichael SragowThe movie has tremendous scope and charge and a dense period fabric, along with a volcanic performance by Djimon Hounsou, the West African actor who plays Cinque. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsBob BloomAmistad is an earnest examination of one race's fight for their rights and their freedom. |
| USA TodaySusan WloszczynaHounsou, a West African model with beauty and presence but no acting experience, carries much of the movie on his broad shoulders with surprising skill and strength. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkThe narrative perils are daunting in this little-known true tale of a bloody slave-ship rebellion in 1839 and its jumbled aftermath in the U.S. judicial system. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinThe best parts of Amistad are those that simply bring their pride, fear and outrage to life. |
| Boston PhoenixPeter KeoughGood-to-middling courtroom drama, period playacting, and civics lesson, animated by perhaps two Oscar-noteworthy performances. |
