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Troy (2004)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 217
Fresh: 119 | Rotten: 98

A brawny, entertaining spectacle, but lacking emotional resonance.

65

Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 43
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 15

A brawny, entertaining spectacle, but lacking emotional resonance.

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Average Rating: 3.5/5
User Ratings: 740,685

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Movie Info

Homer's sprawling tale of love and war in ancient Greece comes to the screen in all its grandeur in this epic-scale adventure. In 1193 B.C., Paris, Prince of Troy (Orlando Bloom), has fallen in love; however, the beautiful woman who has beguiled him is Helen, Queen of Sparta (Diane Kruger), who is wed to King Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson). While Helen is hardly immune to Paris' charms, this doesn't blunt Menelaus' fury when Paris steals her away from him. Menelaus' brother Agamemnon (Brian Cox),

R, 2 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

David Benioff

Jan 4, 2005

$133.1M

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

All Critics (225) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (126) | Rotten (99) | DVD (39)

A fairly routine action picture with an advanced case of grandeuritis.

August 7, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Magazine | Comment
New York Magazine
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Harsh, serious, and both exhilarating and tragic, the right tonal combination for Homer.

August 1, 2004 Comment
New Yorker
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The latest in a very long line of films made to give us those things that other mediums could not provide.

June 23, 2004 Comment
New Republic
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It's massive, opulent, passionate and -- unlike most summer time-wasters -- surprisingly intelligent.

May 20, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Observer | Comment
New York Observer
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... several of the scenes are just some of the best battle scenes I've seen in a long time.

May 17, 2004 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
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Troy isn't so much a simplified retelling of The Iliad as a re-imagined version of it, told wholly without imagination.

May 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comments (2)
Salon.com
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Violent, watered-down version of The Iliad.

December 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

The two-disc 'special edition' DVD packs an impressive number of extras.

September 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide

...enough of it worked in this HD DVD edition to keep me interested for the movie's three-and-a-quarter hours duration. (HD DVD Director's Cut)

September 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

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.

August 5, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comments (2)
eFilmCritic.com

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.

May 2, 2007 Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics | Comment
Princeton Town Topics

Troy condenses Homer's ten-year war into a couple of months.

July 25, 2005 Full Review Source: www.kcactive.com | Comments (2)

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.

April 1, 2005 Full Review Source: Freeze Dried Movies | Comment
Freeze Dried Movies

'A valiant but doomed affair, as carefully constructed -- and ultimately as hollow -- as the Trojan Horse itself.'

March 22, 2005 Full Review | Comment
Las Vegas Mercury
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Audience Reviews for Troy

Troy is loved by the public, and I respect that, but as a film lover I did not find it as entertaining as everyone else. The storyline was boring in my opinion and easily forgettable. The cast was a bunch of actors girls can sweat for and thats pretty much it. The action scenes are great, i will admit that, much

August 15, 2011
DreamExtractor
Brad Wright

Super Reviewer

Oklahoman Brad Pitt as Greek war hero? I didn't want to believe it, but given the medium he does quite well in this famous story done Hollywood style. O'Toole adds gravitas, Bana com-Pitt-tition (muscle for muscle), Cox is nicely disagreeable, Gleeson unrecognizable under a beard, and a splendid time is guaranteed

July 11, 2007
moonrivers

Super Reviewer

    1. Achilles: There are no pacts between lions and men. [stabs spear into ground, and takes off helmet, throwing it to the side]
    – Submitted by Kerwin M (2 months ago)
    1. Odysseus: If they ever tell my story let them say that I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say I lived in the time of Achilles.
    – Submitted by Elliott T (2 months ago)
    1. Achilles: The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal. Because any moment might be our last. Everything's more beautiful because we're doomed.
    – Submitted by Adrian G (3 months ago)
    1. Achilles: Immortality! Take it! It's yours!
    – Submitted by Ayoife O (6 months ago)
    1. Achilles: Is there no one else? Is there no one else?!
    – Submitted by Matt S (6 months ago)

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