Troy

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Troy

R

2004

2h 42m

Adventure

War

Action

History

Drama

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While visiting Spartan King Menelaus, Trojan prince Paris falls for Menelaus' wife, Helen and takes her back to Troy. Menelaus' brother, King Agamemnon, having already defeated every army in Greece, uses his brother's fury as a pretext to declare war against Troy, the last kingdom preventing his control over the Aegean Sea.

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Critics Consensus

A brawny, entertaining spectacle, but lacking emotional resonance.

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Will Self

London Evening Standard

01/09/2018

Brad is worth the ticket price alone and others turned in creditable performances, particularly Eric Bana as an upright family man who just happens to be the prince of a warlike city-state, and Sean Bean as Odysseus the Ironic.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/29/2010

3/5

Violent, watered-down version of The Iliad.

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Jessica Winter

Time Out

06/24/2006

A numbingly reliable tick-tock of expository set pieces alternating with vast CGI-aided battle scenes.

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Mitchell Beaupre

Paste Magazine

05/15/2024

7.5/10

Troy puts immense care into every single beat of its action, and as a result these sequences drive its emotions in a way the script often fails to achieve

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Steve Warren

Southern Voice (Atlanta)

05/07/2023

3/4

In terms of historical accuracy, Troy is probably on par with Van Helsing. But for balancing intimate stories with spectacular battles in an old-school-sized epic, it's closer to Gladiator.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

07/05/2022

... it’s hard to take the cataclysmic events of this ancient war seriously, as it is entirely predicated on an unconvincing romantic gesture of a prince with the impulse control of a spoiled brat and the political consideration of a cat in heat.

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Shirley S

@RT13708025 10h

It's a while since I've watched this, but I enjoyed it so much I got the dvd which, after seeing the travesty Nolan is about to put out, has me itching to watch it again come the long dark winter nights. Apparently Brad Pitt didn't like making it and thinks what Nolan is putting out diminishes all the effort he put into preparing, i.e. months of physical training. I think the public, from comments I've seen, have the complete opposite view i.e. his performance is elevated and whoever Achilles turns out to be, Pitt's portrayal will always be the quintessential Achilles to most people.

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Marius M

@RT95424941 2d

Im no expert in the source material that the movie was inspired from. But from the perspective of entertainment, this was 10/10 for me. The stakes are high, the acting and coreography are amazing. Years ago I wouldn't give this movie such credit, because nowadays we rarely get good movies.

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Christina D.

@NinaNinaBobina 3d

Epic tale of the time of Achilles

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Camry B

@RT43344238 3d

Didn't make it ten minutes into the film. Complete waste of time and energy.

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jayden L

@RT30460252 5d

We should appreciate this now, since the odyssey is coming out soon.

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Conner m

6d

Amazing movie must watch if you like Achilles

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Synopsis

While visiting Spartan King Menelaus, Trojan prince Paris falls for Menelaus' wife, Helen and takes her back to Troy. Menelaus' brother, King Agamemnon, having already defeated every army in Greece, uses his brother's fury as a pretext to declare war against Troy, the last kingdom preventing his control over the Aegean Sea.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Producer: Gail Katz, Colin Wilson, Diana Rathbun
Screenwriter: David Benioff
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Village Roadshow Prod., Plan B Films, Radiant Pictures, Warner Brothers
Rating: R (Nudity|Graphic Violence|Some Sexuality)
Genre: Adventure, War, Action, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 13, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $133.2M
Runtime: 2h 42m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)