A gripping, well-told adaptation of one of the oldest human dramas.
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05/13/04
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
161 - 180 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
An action picture of stunning scope and stirring spectacle, with a love story between two callow nitwits that is its Achilles heel.
05/13/04
When the film focuses on the Trojans, it's splendid. But when Troy attempts to sort out the competing agendas of the Greeks, it drags.
05/13/04
Despite all its oversized spectacle, the movie feels small and unimportant, just the latest in a growing trend of large-scale, ancient-war epics.
05/13/04
The new epic Troy isn't a bad film, nor is it particularly good. It's merely uninspired, uninteresting and unimportant.
05/13/04
What do you get if you start with the first great narrative of Western civilization, then remove all the psychological complexity and profound characterization?
05/13/04
The opening scene involves two thousand-man armies marching determinedly toward each other across a field the size of Rhode Island. And that's one of the more modest battles.
05/13/04
This hulking, flawed epic stomps about with furious thunder, managing to entertain even as director Wolfgang Petersen turns parts of Homer's epic poem into an afternoon soap opera.
05/13/04
Troy’s sword-and-sandal spectacle is tempered by the human drama of men who fight to protect their homes or for their honor or to gain immortality and glory through deeds.
05/13/04
Mr. Petersen achieves a noble mood of dignity. Dignity is a forgotten virtue with many contemporary filmmakers, but he manages a majestic overview of both the glory and the folly of combat.
05/13/04
The camera creeps and swoops around Pitt and Bana, as if they're Kirk and Spock in some kind of hyper-realized "Amok Time."
05/13/04
This is hardly an Iliad adaptation for the ages. But if you're hankering for sand, sandals, and swordplay, this could be the movie for you.
05/13/04
This movie is the watered-down, greatest hits, Classic Comics version. It's mostly about the fighting. And Achilles doesn't rage so much as pout and glower.
05/13/04
The first genuinely satisfying, purely entertaining popcorn movie of the year.
05/13/04
Eyes blazing, O'Toole's work is the highlight of the flawed but enjoyable Troy.
05/13/04
Greedy kings, lusty virgins, buff heroes, a cast of thousands, huge battle sequences and a face that "launched a thousand ships"--Troy has it all and then some.
05/13/04
It does possess the aura of the ancient -- at least within the parameters of the Hollywood epic.
05/13/04
So far, with Van Helsing and Troy, the very strong theme of the summer seems to be "More is Less."
05/13/04
From a technical standpoint Troy ceaselessly impresses, but that doesn’t make the story any easier to embrace.
05/13/04
In a league with Hollywood's top historical epics, ancient or otherwise.
05/13/04
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