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STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED |
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| Poor |
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| Tragic |
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FILM DETAILS | | Certificate 15 |  | Cast Robert Redford Lena Olin Alan Arkin Raul Julia |  | Directors Sidney Pollack |  | Screenwriters Judith Rascoe David Rayfiel |  | Running Time 146 minutes |
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Havana Sort of Casablanca crossed with Salvador

Plot Unprincipled gambler Jack (Redford) is thunderstruck by an aristocratic revolutionary's committed wife (the excellent, appropriately intense Olin) and, ennobled by love, rushes headlong into dangerous games between Batista's secret police and the guerillas. Verdict Somehow, though, Havana never quite catches fire. The brief scenes of struggle and liberation are too clean, too staged, and even the central pair's shattering, once-in-a-lifetime passion cries out for more urgency and emotional power.
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