Allied

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 23, 2016

6.7	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 258 Ratings

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qamasterFeb 15, 2017

Not bad start but bad end. It seems that at the end of writing the script the writer have lost his imagination and logic. Not convincing, clumsy and implausible reasons prompted the heroine to betrayal. Implausible and unconvincing theNot bad start but bad end. It seems that at the end of writing the script the writer have lost his imagination and logic. Not convincing, clumsy and implausible reasons prompted the heroine to betrayal. Implausible and unconvincing the reaction of her husband. The ending of the film - a failure.… Expand

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dspratlinNov 29, 2016

What’s it about?

A Canadian airman working for the British forces in World War 2 meets a beautiful hero from the French resistance. The pair go deep undercover to assassinate a German target but end up storming the beaches of each other’sWhat’s it about?

A Canadian airman working for the British forces in World War 2 meets a beautiful hero from the French resistance. The pair go deep undercover to assassinate a German target but end up storming the beaches of each other’s hearts.

What did I think?

A lot has been made of Brad Pitt’s separation from his wife, and rumors have abounded that Pitt had a secret dalliance with his on-screen partner, Marion Cotillard. Put those rumors to bed by watching just how little chemistry these characters have together. Every escalation in their relationship seems forced and unnatural. Some would say that we’re still feeling the tragic effects of World War 2. This film makes me agree.… Expand

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NikolayGDec 2, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Allied is good until the final act which "breaks" the movie. My dad trained pilots for WWII. I grew up in an environment where my parents' memories of WWII were like a backdrop. So I can say with confidence that this movie was utterly unrealistic. In London, a city being bombed day and night by Germans, a city literally being torn apart, people dying left and right, women and children being splattered to bits everywhere - a city so traumatized by the experience that to this very day they deliberately leave some of the scorched and burned parts of buildings as they were during the War to make sure no one ever forgets what was done to them, in London during WWII no one in Brad Pitt's position would have allowed the woman to escape and definitely would not have tried to run away with her. He would have shot her through the head. And any movie audience in the 1940s or 1950s would have walked out at the moment she confesses and he, instead of turning against her, tries to help her get away. It was absurd and completely unrealistic. There was a much better way to take the story that was very realistic and even more suspenseful and dramatic, but the writers apparently didn't see it. Let me put it to you this way, if Brad Pitt had not discovered his wife was a German spy but had instead discovered that she was sleeping with three different men, do you think he would have proclaimed his love and sought to help her? No, of course not. He would have kicked her out of the house. So how then can we believe that when she does something incalculably worse than that, something that contributes directly to the deaths of thousands and assists Hitler in his efforts to take over the world, that Brad Pitt would simply forgive her at the drop of a hat? It's beyond ridiculous.… Expand

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GreatMartinNov 24, 2016

“They don’t make movies like they use to,” is a cry you hear from older/old folks and “Allied” shows them to be right. Director Robert Zemeckis and writer Steven Knight seem to be doing homage to a certain spy thriller genre that was standard“They don’t make movies like they use to,” is a cry you hear from older/old folks and “Allied” shows them to be right. Director Robert Zemeckis and writer Steven Knight seem to be doing homage to a certain spy thriller genre that was standard in Hollywood during the 1940s and production values from clothes, cars, sets, etc., are there but it is excruciating slow paced not having the speed, editing, that this type of movie should have. There is Casablanca, a much more glamorous Rick’s Bar, a prettier Rick here called Max while IIsa is now a French spy but no one even close to Renault/Claude Raines, Ferrari/Sidney Greenstreet, a Nazi Major Strassi/Conrad Veidt, Peter Lorre/Ugarte nor a Sam/Dooley Wilson to play an equivalent to “As Time Goes By”.

If you have seen the trailer you know that the movie is about two spies who fall in love when they meet for an assignment in Casablanca, marry, have a child, live in London and one has to prove the other isn’t a counter-spy. Finding out the truth takes about an hour and gives, maybe, 5 minutes of suspense and you won’t find/hear “I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship”.

The film revolves around Max (Brad Pitt) and Marianne (Marion Cotillard) but, sadly, there is no chemistry between them and other characters, including Lizzy Caplan (from “The Masters of Sex” HBO series), who plays Max’s Lesbian sister, don’t add anything to the movie. Okay Knight wanted to make the movie more 2016 friendly but adding a Lesbian and a lot of the “F” word doesn’t help and neither does the very phony London blitz that looks like a fireworks show.

The only emotionally moving scene is a brief one between Max and a pilot going on his first mission behind enemy lines. The ending not only has a Hollywood ending but, is way too long and softens the impact of what takes place just before.

“Allied” runs 124 minutes, about 20 minutes too long, and seems to have its heart in the right place but shows they “don’t make them like they use to” though the director and writer tried with the production aspects achieving the goal.… Expand

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AcaciaDec 2, 2016

Slow, unexciting, bare bones of a story, crappy ending. I found this to be a pretty boring movie Even Brad Pitt can't save it. The very last half hour was not bad, but by then, who really cares? Not worth anyone's time or money.

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