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Troy

Play trailer 1:27 Poster for Troy R 2004 2h 42m Adventure War Action History Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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. Go to Full Review
Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/29/2010
3/5
Violent, watered-down version of The Iliad. Go to Full Review
Jessica Winter Time Out 06/24/2006
A numbingly reliable tick-tock of expository set pieces alternating with vast CGI-aided battle scenes. Go to Full Review
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 Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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Cinema S @cinema_sensei 2d I expected an epic filled with massive battles, but I didn't expect to get so invested in the characters. The scale is breathtaking, the action is unforgettable, and Brad Pitt's Achilles completely owns every scene he's in. I know the film takes plenty of liberties with Greek mythology and Homer's Iliad, and not every character gets the depth they deserve, but none of that took away from the experience for me. It's an epic that balances spectacle, emotion, and unforgettable duels so well that I never wanted it to end. See more Anton S @RT46012653 3d It’s a classic. Anyone who doesn’t like this movie simply doesn’t have good taste in cinema. Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, the list of amazing actors goes on and on. Will always be a favorite See more Beatrix C @bea88 6d I draw the line at Achilles being straight. See more VITALII H @freakynickison 6d I’m still fresh out of finishing "The Song Of Achilles" by Madeline Miller and that’s what made me watch Troy. Can we all collectively agree that Achilles and Patroclus were lovers? What do you mean cousins? That wasn’t in Homer’s "Iliad". Brad Pitt carries the whole thing, yup I said it. He was gorgeous. I didn’t like how Thetis was portrayed in this movie, she had a very small part and she’s nothing like I imagined her to be. Also, I wish that the movie also showed us how Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to Artemis in order to make the wind blow again so they can sail to the Troy… Which would’ve added to Agamemnon’s character design, missed opportunity. But overall the movie is not bad at all, it’s very decent and nicely done. Orlando Bloom was getting on my nerves the entire time, he was very annoying lol. See more Dr. Sina W @RT65098475 6d Rewatch it, folks! I never understood why people hated this film so much. it always was a good one. But after Nolan's Oddyssey failure Troy got even better. Also it got better in this time of the lost art of story telling. Actually Petersen could be pretty proud about this movie. He also got rid of the gods (WHY?), but at least told a working story with good pictures. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this movie. To me it feels like it was destroyed by negative media propaganda. And back then people were a little more naive when it came to manipulation. Troy is good old epic kitsch. See more Harry L @hrl48 Aug 3 Poorly executed cgi epic, poor casting choices. Looks off. Bore fest. Watch Ben Hur 1959 instead if epics are your thing. See more Read all reviews
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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)
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