This review contains spoilers.
Allied is a war movie that premiered in 2016. The movie directed by Robert Zemeckis and is written by Steven Knight. The movie stars Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard. The movie is about a Canadian intelligence officer that falls in love with a French Resistance fighter. The movie follows the two main leads as they go through the Second World War.
Allied is a beautiful movie. The entire movie is beautifully lit with gorgeous sets. Robert Zemeckis also directs this movie well. The scenes have a great flow and tone to them. In addition all of the effects in the movie are at a high class. One can easily like the movie on the visuals by itself.
The acting and chemistry from the leads is natural. It feels organic to see the interaction between Pitt's character of Max Vatan and Marion Cotillard's character of Marianne Beausejour. I did like the growing romance between the two leads. Especially towards the end when Max Vatan had to question his loyalties. The movie does great whenever it presents these two on the screen.
The movie does not tread new ground. Everything that this movie does feels familiar. This is either from the setting, genre, or story the movie possesses. The only vaguely original idea that the movie has is the one romance in its leads. This is not even an original idea as this is a concept that has been done before. The execution of these ideas is interesting.
The writing is hit and miss. I felt that much of the movie was drawn out for too long. The main plot and source of thrill with finding out if Marianne Beausejour is a double agent or not does not kick in until about half way through the movie. The journey is still cool and fun to watch but the movie feels like two separate movies.
The first half of the movie introduces the audience to the two leading characters. This introduction has many characters that never come back later. The introduction is slick and entertaining but it fails to have a larger impact other than the immediate romance.
The movie is also predictable. I was hoping for a twist on some interesting way for Max, Vatan to find if his wife is a spy or not. This unfortunately never happened. Instead the movie had Max Vatan undertake extreme missions to find his out about his wife. This is incredibly ridiculous to watch as Max takes on squads of German soldiers. The movie should not be an action movie. It should focus on the characters which is where the directing and writing excels at.
I would recommend Allied.
Grade: B
Allied is a war movie that premiered in 2016. The movie directed by Robert Zemeckis and is written by Steven Knight. The movie stars Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard. The movie is about a Canadian intelligence officer that falls in love with a French Resistance fighter. The movie follows the two main leads as they go through the Second World War.
Allied is a beautiful movie. The entire movie is beautifully lit with gorgeous sets. Robert Zemeckis also directs this movie well. The scenes have a great flow and tone to them. In addition all of the effects in the movie are at a high class. One can easily like the movie on the visuals by itself.
The acting and chemistry from the leads is natural. It feels organic to see the interaction between Pitt's character of Max Vatan and Marion Cotillard's character of Marianne Beausejour. I did like the growing romance between the two leads. Especially towards the end when Max Vatan had to question his loyalties. The movie does great whenever it presents these two on the screen.
The movie does not tread new ground. Everything that this movie does feels familiar. This is either from the setting, genre, or story the movie possesses. The only vaguely original idea that the movie has is the one romance in its leads. This is not even an original idea as this is a concept that has been done before. The execution of these ideas is interesting.
The writing is hit and miss. I felt that much of the movie was drawn out for too long. The main plot and source of thrill with finding out if Marianne Beausejour is a double agent or not does not kick in until about half way through the movie. The journey is still cool and fun to watch but the movie feels like two separate movies.
The first half of the movie introduces the audience to the two leading characters. This introduction has many characters that never come back later. The introduction is slick and entertaining but it fails to have a larger impact other than the immediate romance.
The movie is also predictable. I was hoping for a twist on some interesting way for Max, Vatan to find if his wife is a spy or not. This unfortunately never happened. Instead the movie had Max Vatan undertake extreme missions to find his out about his wife. This is incredibly ridiculous to watch as Max takes on squads of German soldiers. The movie should not be an action movie. It should focus on the characters which is where the directing and writing excels at.
I would recommend Allied.
Grade: B