Troy - Rotten Tomatoes

Troy. R. 2004, Adventure/War, 2h 42m. 54%. Tomatometer 228 Reviews. 73% ... between Helen and Paris and how it caused the fall of the ancient city of Troy. Home TopBoxOffice Tickets&Showtimes DVD&Streaming TV News What'stheTomatometer®? 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Troy Videos 1:27 Troy:Trailer1 ViewAllVideos(1) Troy Photos ViewAllPhotos(131) MovieInfo BasedonHomer's"Iliad,"thisepicportraysthebattlebetweentheancientkingdomsofTroyandSparta.WhilevisitingSpartanKingMenelaus(BrendanGleeson),TrojanprinceParis(OrlandoBloom)fallsforMenelaus'wife,Helen(DianeKruger),andtakesherbacktoTroy.Menelaus'brother,KingAgamemnon(BrianCox),havingalreadydefeatedeveryarmyinGreece,useshisbrother'sfuryasapretexttodeclarewaragainstTroy,thelastkingdompreventinghiscontrolovertheAegeanSea. Rating: R(Nudity|GraphicViolence|SomeSexuality) Genre: Adventure, War, Drama, History, Action OriginalLanguage: English Director: WolfgangPetersen Producer: WolfgangPetersen, GailKatz, DianaRathbun, ColinWilson Writer: DavidBenioff ReleaseDate(Theaters): May13,2004  wide ReleaseDate(Streaming): Jan4,2005 BoxOffice(GrossUSA): $133.2M Runtime: 2h42m Distributor: WarnerBros.Pictures SoundMix: Surround,DolbySRD,DTS,SDDS AspectRatio: Scope(2.35:1) Cast&Crew BradPitt Achilles EricBana Hector OrlandoBloom Paris DianeKruger Helen BrianCox Agamemnon SeanBean Odysseus BrendanGleeson Menelaus SaffronBurrows Andromache PeterO'Toole Priam JulieChristie Thetis RoseByrne Briseis GarrettHedlund Patroclus JohnShrapnel Nestor NathanJones Boagrius JamesCosmo Glaucus JulianGlover Triopas VincentRegan Eudorus TrevorEve Velior TylerMane Ajax WolfgangPetersen Director BradGrey ExecutiveProducer WolfgangPetersen Producer DavidBenioff Screenwriter BruceBerman ExecutiveProducer GailKatz Producer GabrielYared OriginalMusic RogerPratt Cinematographer NigelPhelps ProductionDesigner DianaRathbun Producer ColinWilson Producer PeterHoness FilmEditor JamesHorner Composer BobRingwood CostumeDesigner ShowallCast&Crew CriticReviewsforTroy AllCritics(228) |TopCritics(60) |Fresh(122) |Rotten(106) FullReview… WillSelf LondonEveningStandard FullReview… NellMinow CommonSenseMedia FullReview… JessicaWinter TimeOut FullReview… JeannetteCatsoulis LasVegasMercury FullReview… JonathanRomney Independent(UK) FullReview… PeterRainer NewYorkMagazine/Vulture FullReview… RobinHolabird RobinHolabird FullReview… MatthewLucas TheDispatch(Lexington,NC) FullReview… DanielMendelsohn TheNewYorkReviewofBooks FullReview… KevinCarr FatGuysattheMovies FullReview… TimBrayton Antagony&Ecstasy FullReview… FelixVasquezJr. CinemaCrazed ViewAllCriticReviews(228) AudienceReviewsforTroy Nov25,2016 submediocreacrossthebored...Imeanboard. EdK SuperReviewer Feb26,2016 Iwasn'tkeenonreviewingTroyoriginally,butlongstoryshortitwasontheSpacechanneloverfivetimesthisweekendandIendedupgivingupmygrudgesagainstthisfilmandsittingthroughitonceortwicebecausetherewasnothingelsetodoandIwasn'tmotivatedenoughtoclimbtheflightofstairstomyBlu-Raycollectionsoheregoes. Troycashesinasalarge-scalefilmmainlybecauseofit'skeencastingchoiceswhichincludedDianeKruger,BradPitt,andsnaggingtwooftheFellowshipalumnifromLordoftheRingsintheformofSeanBeanandOrlandoBloomwhodirectedalotofhypetowardsthisfilm,butsurprisinglyitwasn'taslacklusterasIrememberitbeingthelasttimeIwatcheditbackin2009. MuchlikethepreviousHelenofTroyminiserieswhichcameoutayearprior,TroytellsaslightlydifferentversionofthetaleoftheunionbetweenHelenandParisandhowitcausedthefalloftheancientcityofTroy.However,unliketheminiserieswhichisvastlydifferentintermsofstoryandcharacterpersonalities,TroyfocusesmoreonthecharactersandtheirchoiceratherthanbeingcentredontheeventsthemselveswhichleduptotheSackingofTroy. Themorehuman-centredapproachworkswellwiththedifferentspectrumsofversatilitythemaincastbringstothetable,butallthingsasidethefilmitselfisdecentlyactedmostofthewaythroughandthechemistrybetweenBloom'sParisandKruger'sHelenisevident,asistheplatonicrelationshipbetweenPitt'sAchillesandBean'sOdysseuswithBeangivingthefilmamoreworld-wearyapproachwhichsomewhatbalancestheromancebetweenHelenandParisalthoughthetwoloversandOdysseusbarelycrosspathswithinthefilmitself. Thefilmitselfisn'tonthesamecaliberastheopusofLordoftheRings,orevenafewotherfilmsbasedinAncienttimes,butitholdsupmoreproficientlythanmostpeoplegiveitcreditfor,andforthatIwillsaythatinmostways,it'sanokayfilm.Justnotwatchedfivetimesinarow. KalX.A SuperReviewer May15,2012 Ijustsawthisinoneofourmythologyclasses.Ican'tremembermostofitbutIdorecallthegoodlooksofEricBana.Allinall,Ithinkit'snotthatbadbutitwillnevermanagetobeasstunningastheotherepicmovieslikeBraveheartandGladiator. MaymayA SuperReviewer Apr23,2012 Troyisanoverlookedepicthatdoesn'tdeservetherottenratingitreceived.Whileitcertainlydoesn'thavebigemotionthatwewouldexpectfromthesekindofmovies.Thatdoesn'tmakeitabadmovie,justabadepic. TroyisanadaptationofHomer'sgreatepic,thefilmfollowstheassaultonTroybytheunitedGreekforcesandchroniclesthefatesofthemeninvolved.Troyisnotacompletelyfaithfuladaptationofthefamousstory,andthat`sagoodthing.Ifitwas,wewouldofhadbabiesbeingkilled,animportantcharactershotinthekneeandimmediatelydying,andlotsofspecialeffectsfortheGreekgodsandtheirinvolvement.Allofthesewouldhavemadeitmoreimplausiblethanitalreadyis.It`salreadyunbelievablethatthousandsofmenaredyingforonewomenandthemorerealisticapproachtakeninthismovieworksinitfavor.DependingwhetherornotifyoureadthestoryofTroybyHomerwilldeterminehowmuchyoulikethismovie.SinceTroyhasgreatmaterialtoworkfromyoucanexpectalotgreatdialoguetoenhanceacertainscene.Oneproblemwiththewritingisthatitdoesn'thaveanybigemotionbehindit.Thisismostlyduetopoorcharacterdevelopment,themovietellsushappenedbeforethebattleofTroyinsteadofshowingus,andtheideathatthousandsofmendyingfortwomendisputeoverawomanwhoisnotproperlydevelopednorisitproperlybuildupisplausibleenough.Despitenothavingtheemotionswewouldexpectfromaepic,it'sstillgoodentertainmentevenwithoutit. Thecastontheotherhandiswellputtogether,exceptBradPittcharacter.BradPittdeliversagoodperformance,buthischaracterisjustnotlikablesincehe'sbasicallyaheartlesskillingmachinewhootherenjoymentcomesfromsex.MyfavoriteactorfromthecastwaseasilyEricBana.He'stheonlyactorwhocameoutbothgreatandenjoyableatthesametime.Hewasjustterrific,ablasttowatch,andwasactuallytalentedenoughtomakemecareabouthischaracterdeathdespitetheso-sowritinghegot.Asforthefacethatlaunchedathousandship,DianeKruger,inmyopinionat-least,she'snotworthdyingfor.It`snotherfault,itspoorwritingaswe`reneverreallygivenanythingmuchtolikeaboutherletalonefightforher.Thebattlesceneslookgreat,butaren'timpressivethemselves.That'snotentirelybadaswedoseesomegreatcinematographyofthebattlescenesandareformemorableinopinion. Troyissimplyjustabadepic,butithasallthemakingofagoodmovie.WithgreatproductionvaluesandeffortputintoTroyit'scertainlyworthawatchevenifcomesalittleshortfromyourexpectingfromaepic. 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