a 'chick flick' war adventure that suitably adapts Homer to inspire thousands of high school comparative essays.
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05/25/04
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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.
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,... [More]
Starring: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Brian Cox
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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Reviews for Troy
Troy is to Gladiator what Jakob the Liar was to Schindler’s List.
05/23/04
...there's just something exciting about watching two men attack each other with crude weapons.
05/23/04
Moderately impressive battle scenes with a framework of insipidly teenaged dialog about love and honor.
05/23/04
The wrath of Brad looks more like a migraine.
05/23/04
The end result is the sound and fury of Homer undone.
05/22/04
Il y avait longtemps que je n'avais vu un film me tirailler autant entre le positif et le négatif.
05/21/04
Big, bold, superb epic mixes timeless themes with here-and-now issues to strong, startling effect.
05/20/04
For all its hype, “Troy” is just another war movie wrapped in a bigger, prettier box.
05/20/04
It's massive, opulent, passionate and -- unlike most summer time-wasters -- surprisingly intelligent.
05/20/04
Top CriticThis movie makes it look like there haven’t been any advances in dialogue and acting technique since Charlton Heston’s day.
05/20/04
With some good action acting from Pitt and Bana, it's a shame that Troy doesn't make enough out of the romantic center of this story.
05/20/04
Troy is a Cliffs Notes version without the helpful observations, a classic fable reduced to soap opera cheese and action movie idiocy.
05/19/04
crammed with near-campy moments and dialogue that often suggests 'The Young and the Restless -- 1200 B.C.'... ultimately seems as inauthentic as a gyro from Taco Bell.
05/19/04
Nothing more than a bigger, louder, glossier, possibly even sillier film than those cheesy Italian cheapies with U.S. titles like Mole Men Vs. the Son of Hercules.
05/19/04
Had I been more familiar with the Iliad source material - "source" in that the names and locations are similar - I would have been furious and bored, instead of just bored.
05/18/04
"Gladiator" it isn't. But it's a good solid popcorn-munchers' action flick all the same.
05/18/04
A prime example of Hollywood “epic” making at its most misguided.
05/18/04
Forget the topicality if you want -- anyway, it's only there if you scratch the surface. What isn't buried is the movie's larger-than-life zeal.
05/18/04
...this is really Brad Pitt's show, and while he gives a physically impressive performance, he fails to find a way to turn Achilles into the hero this story demands.
05/18/04
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