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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.

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

A brawny, entertaining spectacle, but lacking emotional resonance.

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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

Directed By: Wolfgang Petersen

Written By: David Benioff

In Theaters: May 14, 2004 Wide

On DVD: Jan 4, 2005

Box Office:$133.1M

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Brad Pitt
Achilles
Eric Bana
Prince Hector of Troy
Orlando Bloom
Prince Paris of Troy
Diane Kruger
Helen Queen of Sparta
Brian Cox
Agamemnon
Sean Bean
Odysseus
Brendan Gleeson
King Menelaus
Saffron Burrows
Andromache
Peter O'Toole
Priam King of Troy
Julie Christie
Thetis
Rose Byrne
Briseis
Garrett Hedlund
Patroclus
John Shrapnel
Nestor
Nathan Jones
Boagrius
James Cosmo
Glaucus
Julian Glover
Triopas
Vincent Regan
Eudorus
Trevor Eve
Velior
Tyler Mane
Ajax
Ken Bones
Hippasus
Nigel Terry
Archeptolemus
Mark Lewis Jones
Tecton
Alex King
Apollonian Guard
Jordi Casares
Horsemaster
Jacob Smith
Messenger Boy
Adoni Maropis
Agamemnon's Officer
Manuel Cauchi
Old Spartan Fisherman
Siri Svegler
Polydora
Lucie Barat
Helen's Handmaiden
Owain Yeoman
Lysander
Luke Tal
Scamandrius
Matthew Tal
Scamandrius
Louis Dempsey
Aphareus
Joshua Richards
Haemon
Tim Chipping
Echepolus
Desislava Stefanova
singing woman
Tanja Tzarovska
singing woman
Richard Ryan
sword master

Critic Reviews for Troy

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

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Peter Rainer

New York Magazine

Top Critic

Harsh, serious, and both exhilarating and tragic, the right tonal combination for Homer.

August 1, 2004 Comment

David Denby

New Yorker

Top Critic

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

Stanley Kauffmann

New Republic

Top Critic

It's massive, opulent, passionate and -- unlike most summer time-wasters -- surprisingly intelligent.

May 20, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Rex Reed

New York Observer

Top Critic

... 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

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

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

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Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

Top Critic

Violent, watered-down version of The Iliad.

December 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

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

September 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Mike DeWolfe

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

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John J. Puccio

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

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Rob Gonsalves

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

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Kam Williams

Princeton Town Topics

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

July 25, 2005 Full Review Source: www.kcactive.com

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Uri Lessing

www.kcactive.com Source: www.kcactive.com

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

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Brian Juergens

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

Jeannette Catsoulis

Las Vegas Mercury

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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

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

moon rivers

Super Reviewer

Troy Quotes

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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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