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1941
After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, residents of California descend into a wild panic, afraid that they might be the next target. The movie follows Californians when they prepare for a Japanese invasion.
















1 April 1920, Tsingtao, China [now Qingdao, Shandong, China]

19 March 1971, Riverside County, California, USA

29 June 1919, Kingsburg, California, USA

24 January 1953, Maywood, California, USA

4 May 1923, Pennsylvania, USA

21 July 1948, USA


13 January 1919, Los Angeles, California, USA

14 October 1920, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

8 January 1946

21 April 1949, Northport, Long Island, New York, USA

24 March 1923, Washington, North Carolina, USA

17 October 1947, New York City, New York, USA

20 January 1948


1942, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA


24 December 1959, Palo Alto, California, USA

24 June 1950, New York City, New York, USA

6 March 1957, Cumberland, Maryland, USA



July 26, 2002
Not as bad as legend says, but still pretty bad.
January 01, 2000
Unjustly lambasted comic insanity.
October 08, 2005
A loud, chaotic, overproduced comedy that's often more destructive than funny.
November 29, 2002
The most underrated film of Steven Spielberg's entire career.
January 01, 2000
Unworkable farce, it maybe, but it is also blessed with the buzz of brilliance.
January 29, 2013
This wannabe satire of WWII is the first and one of the few commercial flops in Spielberg's otherwise distinguished and popular output.
February 28, 2002
It aims at screwball comedy and falls on its face.
September 23, 2003
Everything bad about Spielberg in one bulging package.
May 08, 2010
I love 1941. I don't apologize to you, or my fellow critics, or even Spielberg for that.
May 09, 2005
It may possibly be that Mr. Spielberg has chosen gigantic size and unlimited quantity as his comedy method in the awareness that he has no gift whatsoever for small-scale comic conceits.
April 20, 2007
Over the top Spielberg comedy, most noted for effects and Belushi.