Troy (2004)
55 %
Reviews Counted: 215 Fresh: 118 Rotten:97 Average Rating: 6/10
Consensus:
A brawny, entertaining spectacle, but lacking emotional resonance.
Runtime: 3 hrs 16 mins
Theatrical Release: May 14, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $133,124,356
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, Prince of Troy (ORLANDO BLOOM) and Helen (DIANE KRUGER), Queen of Sparta, ignites a war that will... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Brian Cox, Sean Bean
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Screenwriter: David Benioff
Producer: Wolfgang Petersen, Diana Rathbun, Colin Wilson
Composer: James Horner
Screenwriter: David Benioff
Producer: Wolfgang Petersen, Diana Rathbun, Colin Wilson
Composer: James Horner
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The face-off between Achilles and Hector is beautifully realized, all the more wounding because we can precisely read each man's emotions going into the fight.
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08/05/07
All the cast members, even Mr. Pitt, adopt the obligatory British accent, sans contractions, employed by the historical drama genre, even though the action takes place in Ancient Greece.
05/02/07
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06/24/06
Un gran filme si consideramos sus virtudes dramáticas y la calidad de sus actores.
05/06/06
Aside from being the first Hair Movie of the year, Troy also claims the prize of being the first Get Your Fat Butt to the Gym Movie of the year.
04/01/05
'A valiant but doomed affair, as carefully constructed -- and ultimately as hollow -- as the Trojan Horse itself.'
03/22/05
Troy is not a great film, not even an especially good film, but it is an engrossing film, sometimes for the wrong reasons but close enough for Hollywood.
12/21/04
Troy is an empty and dispiriting game, a contest of steroid-ingesting brutes who have made themselves gods in their own minds.
12/06/04
Feel your jaw drop when first viewing the arrival of the thousand Greek ships, a visual masterpiece.
10/14/04
A fairly routine action picture with an advanced case of grandeuritis.
08/07/04
Top Critic
a throwback to the old Hollywood sword-and-sandal epics of the 1950s, but with more blood
08/05/04
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