All Hollywood and no Homer, but within its limits, it's a vigorous, entertaining movie.
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05/14/04
Troy (2004)
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Reviews Counted:213
Fresh:117
Rotten:96
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: A brawny, entertaining spectacle, but lacking emotional resonance.
Runtime: 3 hrs 16 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Throughout time, men have waged war. Some for power, some for glory, some for honor - and some for love. In ancient Greece, the passion of two of literature's most notorious lovers, Paris,... [More]
Starring: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Brian Cox
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Reviews for Troy
101 - 120 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
For a summer epic, this is depth, and the terrible, ordained finish (with that tricky Trojan horse) still stirs us.
05/14/04
Petersen has made an action epic for grown-ups -- the kind we haven't seen for, oh, 40 years.
05/14/04
All of the visual majesty that hundreds of millions of dollars can buy cannot obscure the perfunctory and unsatisfying development of the major characters.
05/14/04
Although the sheer scale of this production is undeniably impressive, there's little grandeur or sweep to this would-be epic, which lacks both the visceral power and genuine pathos of Ridley Scott's Oscar winner Gladiator.
05/14/04
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05/14/04
Top CriticClassicists won't learn much about Greek culture, or even pick up a decent recipe for moussaka, but as all-out, big-budget action movies that are set 3,200 years in the past go, this one will do just fine.
05/14/04
In a role that requires larger-than-life dimensions, [Pitt's] pretty terrific.
05/14/04
Offers several popcorn buckets' worth of good old-fashioned time at the movies.
05/14/04
A bit of a whimper for a $180 million movie that seeks to measure the weight of war and clocks in at nearly three hours.
05/14/04
For two hours and 45 minutes, the movie plays like an ersatz Gladiator that's aimed even more squarely at the frat-boy audience.
05/14/04
Epic in the best, old-fashioned sense.
05/14/04
The first hour of this unnecessarily long tale is rough sledding.
05/14/04
Surrender to the testosterone-fueled story ... and Troy delivers some grand epic treats.
05/14/04
The lackluster ensemble hired by the director is overwhelmed by the generally impressive sets and crowd scenes (aided by computer-generated images), by the task of playing epic heroes and by David Benioff's rambling, tone-deaf screenplay.
05/14/04
There are breathtaking vistas, taut political intrigues, dangerous romantic liaisons and one of the greatest wardrobes ever assembled for a costume drama.
05/14/04
Director Wolfgang Petersen and screenwriter David Benioff decided to excise the gods from Greek mythology and simply give us a collection of buff dudes and simpering women, characters that would be at home hangin' in The O.C.
05/14/04
A war movie with a cast of thousands, a few moments of genuine drama, lots of familiar faces, graphic violence and enough glistening male thighs to attract a female audience along with the action geeks.
05/14/04
It's a handsomely designed, executed and acted film that is as enthralling on subsequent viewings as on the first encounter.
05/14/04
Camp, overwrought, unsophisticated and big fun to watch.
05/14/04
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