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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
Worth seeing for the fight scenes, for Bana's understated Hector, for Sean Bean as the pragmatic and crafty Odysseus, and for the spectacle of the Greek army laying siege to the mightiest city of the ancient world.
As it is, [Petersen] doesn't just fall short of The Iliad. He makes you want to run out and rent Gladiator.
Recalls an age when Hollywood not only gambled on but flourished with grandiose epics and casts of thousands, and brings megawatt star power to what is, at root, a brilliantly told story.
A hugely entertaining film, sprinkled with moments of brilliance.
'Troy' definitely must be seen on the big screen to appreciate its full impact.
At its best, Troy shows why movies like The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur and Quo Vadis were so profitable. Alas, Troy also shows why those movies went out of style.
... several of the scenes are just some of the best battle scenes I've seen in a long time.
Top CriticIt's a crime that one of the most fascinating stories of ancient literature could be turned into such a dull film.
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Despite the spectacle of war with which Warner Brothers hopes to entice audiences, Troy is essentially an anti-war film.
Worse things have been done to 'The Iliad' than turning its heroes into pin-ups.
Says Hector: "No son of Troy will ever submit to a foreign ruler." The bootleg of this movie is sure to be a big seller in Fallujah.
Troy panders to the viewer and flatters the Academy as baldly as Cold Mountain did last year, and to exactly the same unwitting effect.
Inspired by one of the great pieces of classic literature, it's pure Hollywood formula. Just barely worthwhile.
As physically stimulating as Troy purports to be in content, the mental aspect of this film has all the charge of a defective catapult.
To me the most sympathetic character in the film is Hector, played with smoldering intensity by Eric Bana.
Won't disappoint fans of such splashy Hollywood spectacles.
Reminiscent of a cheesy Harlequin romance that just so happens to have lots of big battles and expensive effects.
Maybe they found the text by Homer of Simpson rather than Homer of Asia Minor. Mmm … breastplates.
director Wolfgang Petersen and his cinematographer Roger Pratt fetishize their Achilles, Brad Pitt, with more gusto than they do the woman whose face launched all those boats
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