Rotten
A numbingly reliable tick-tock of expository set pieces alternating with vast CGI-aided battle scenes.
Jessica Winter, Time Out
Troy
For passion. For honor. For destiny. For victory. For love.
2004 · 2h 43m · R
Action, History, War
Directed by
Wolfgang Petersen
Overview
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
53%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A fairly routine action picture with an advanced case of grandeuritis.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Harsh, serious, and both exhilarating and tragic, the right tonal combination for Homer.
David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh
The latest in a very long line of films made to give us those things that other mediums could not provide.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh
It's massive, opulent, passionate and -- unlike most summer time-wasters -- surprisingly intelligent.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
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