Achilles is cute and all, and he knows how to fight -- he apparently learned his stuff from Hong Kong action movies -- but there's nothing dramatically compelling about the way he's presented here.
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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
121 - 140 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Such a tame and timid epic -- it's all meek to me.
05/14/04
Riveting entertainment with a bit more on its mind and a sense of grandeur that's undeniable.
05/14/04
The real strength of Troy rests in how everything on screen appears within the realm of possibility.
05/14/04
Troy may not be the stuff of legends, but on the whole it's still a very good action-adventure movie.
05/14/04
If ... the clank of sword on sword and the donning of armor quicken your pulse, Troy qualifies as this week's big-screen toy.
05/14/04
Thanks to Bana and O'Toole, Troy partakes in the power and pleasure of a story with such classic pedigree.
05/14/04
There is a lot of guts and glory here, but not a lot of heart.
05/14/04
Top CriticThe movie sidesteps the existence of the Greek gods, turns its heroes into action movie cliches and demonstrates that we're getting tired of computer-generated armies.
05/14/04
Top CriticA horribly misguided throwback to the worst such pictures of the '50s and '60s.
05/14/04
What's missing from the experience is the poetry only a director can bring to an enterprise this sprawling.
05/14/04
In the end, Troy is an empty Trojan horse, likely to be swept under the rug in early July by the arrival of King Arthur.
05/14/04
Gorgeous men in skirts... it should be better but I didn't fall for that Trojan horse bit - where they disguise an average script by surrounding it with talented actors.
05/14/04
How many summer pictures can you name where you're not certain if the right side wins?
05/14/04
It's as much an adaptation of the Pottery Barn and Abercrombie & Fitch catalogs as Homer's lofty verse.
05/14/04
Just because you look like a Greek god doesn't mean you should play one. Brad Pitt, this means you.
05/14/04
I love Brad Pitt as an actor, but other than kicking some a** and getting nekkid for the ladies there's not much for him to do here. Wait to rent this one.
05/14/04
Se disfruta sin culpas si no se compara con la obra que le inspira, y si no se busca un apego estricto a la Historia, sino un tono épico de estilo Hollywood ...
05/14/04
...a little too long, a little too redundant and a little too boring for my taste.
05/14/04
A flashy, flighty, violent heckuva good time.
05/14/04
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