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U/A (INDIA)
2017
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118
Negative reviews
34
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3.3
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3.5
For Zemeckis, it provides an opportunity to reinvent himself as an old school master of suspense.
Av Club
4.5
To paraphrase its question mark of a heroine, Allied doesnt make the emotions real.
Av Club
2.5
Allied is as if a snazzy new copy machine was supposed to print out a presentation in eye popping colors and ended up spitting it out in plain old bla ..
Den Of Geek
3.0
Allied is not the sexy spy thriller that the trailers sell you.It is not a vehicle built for speed.
Den Of Geek
1.5
And you cant say Pitt wasnt warned, yet Vatan brushes off the warnings about relationships born in the field.
Den Of Geek
2.8
War is hell, but Allied isnt much better, as it wastes a good idea and a better cast.
Indie Wire
1.5
War is hell, but Allied isnt much better, as it wastes a good idea and a better cast.
Indie Wire
2.5
Such is the purgatory of a rigid mainstream thriller so focused on spectacle that it forgets to tell a compelling story, despite whatever big name act ..
We Got This Covered
1.5
You could endorse this retro larceny if the movie halfway dignified its revered inspiration, but Allied is so full of itself it forgets to entertain m ..
Austin Chronicle
1.5
This may be the most depressing performance hes ever given in a film.
Austin Chronicle
3.0
But fans of old school entertainment are unlikely to leave disappointed
Time Out
3.5
For most of its running time, Allieds smooth, professional polish provides rewarding, albeit undemanding pleasures.
Screen Daily
3.5
movie The year is 1942.During the World War II, Max Vatan (Brad Pitt), an Intelligence Officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force travels to Casablanca t ..
ETimes (TOI)
2.5
Allied is a lackluster effort that should have been much better given the central conflict and setting.
Collider
1.5
It doesnt radically change the genre, but it does a solid job of playing by its rules.
Collider
4.5
The line lacks tone but it does manage to combine three definitions of fuck in one sentence.For that and much else, the screenwriter, Steven Knight, m ..
Vulture
3.9
Everything comes together so perfectly, however, that its hard to fault the filmmakers for wanting to showboat a little.
Paste Magazine
5.0
It is a lovely homage to the kind of entertainment that Hollywood used to put out in the day without breaking a sweat, while still strong and sure eno ..
Rogerebert
3.5
Thanks to Hitchcocks unparalleled technical skill and its leads versatile performances, its one of the filmmakers quieter masterpieces.
IGN
4.0
Yet thats exactly what Robert Zemeckis has done in his swankily entertaining 18th feature, a romantic thriller thats head over heels besotted with its ..
Telegraph
2.5
Zemeckis does succeed at providing a sense of riveting adventure during the action sequences.
The Young Folks
1.5
It doesnt break any new ground, but the fantastic craftsmanship and detail may be enough to warrant purchasing a ticket.
The Young Folks
4.0
While theres surely still plenty of invisible digital wizardry in play, Allied feels like classic meat and potatoes filmmaking, with a great director ..
Cinema Blend
3.5
There was a time when the romance displayed on the movie screen was so palpable, moviegoers believed the actors were truly in love.
Ny Daily News
3.0
What keeps ALLIED at least modestly entertaining is the skill Zemeckis bring to the action scenes.
JoBlo
3.5
Allied doesnt dig too deep into the implications of the quandaries that its characters are faced with either, instead prioritizing suspenseful action ..
Screen Rant
1.3
Underneath all this mess there is some idea about the conflict between private love and public duty, between personal interests and those of the state ..
The Globe And Mail
2.5
Allied comes off like a highlight reel that mimics the look and feel of a whole school of great films, from Casablanca to Hitchcocks Suspicion and Not ..
Philly
2.5
She manages to cook up some magical moments but not enough of them to save this romantic thriller from plunging into boredom.
Spirituality And Practice
2.2
But now the memory of the 1942 classic is tarnished further by Allied, a cornball, cliche ridden World War II romance that mimics many of its beats on ..
One Guys Opinion
5.0
Its also dare I say it moving.Zemeckis directs with quiet, deliberate precision, but that makes the occasional burst of wild emotion more effective.
Village Voice
3.5
Technical wizardry remains in the picture, but Zemeckis is respectful of Steven Knights screenplay, which takes a chilling look at the vows of marriag ..
Blu Ray
4.0
Zemeckis is a master of the big, broad Oscar bait drama (Cast Away, Flight, The Walk), and he makes the most of a well constructed screenplay by Steve ..
Chicago Reader
3.1
It doesnt help that the performance from Brad Pitt, who plays the movies tormented protagonist, is uncertain at its best and downright dull at its wor ..
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
The A list star vehicle for Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard is unfortunately caught somewhere between bullet ridden World War II mystery and banter lad ..
Usa Today
1.0
No man this distractingly good looking should ever be picked for active duty, but he has nevertheless
The Times
2.0
However, their marital pretence segues into genuine passion in the script but not on screen since
The Times
3.0
Still, this solemn, romantic melodrama bears up under the comparison surprisingly well; Pitt and Cotillard have classic movie star chemistry, and the ..
News Review
4.0
However, this is still a production with plenty of class and the seductive appeal of the Golden Age.
Radio Times
2.5
None of which means its horrible, but Allied should be the sort of film that takes no prisoners in its tale of a tragic love affair.
Screen It
2.0
Its a piece of advice this film would have been better off taking heed of.
Independent
2.5
I wont give away how the story ends, but if you cant figure it out then Allied must be your first movie.Sorry it had to be this one.
Rolling Stone
2.0
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t ..
Pop Matters
2.5
But a fine mist of silver screen memories is unfortunately all that Allied can really muster, its general sumptuousness too often stymied by the feeli ..
The Wrap
5.0
PLOT During World War II, the love between an intelligence officer and a French Resistance fighter is strained by suspicion.CAST Brad Pitt, Marion Cot ..
News Day
3.5
This popcorn flick lacks the genuine scares of What Lies Beneath and emotional weight of Cast Away, but it remains the celebrated filmmakers best film ..
Film Journal
4.0
The tone at once war movie, spy thriller, classic romance smoothly blends into a solid movie, with real characters and a real story, shot just as luxu ..
Hindustan Times
2.0
Cotillards Marian remains resolutely unreadable and while this is partly the point, the actor appears in no hurry to delve behind the enigma.
The Guardian
2.0
Their screen passion bursts forth like a cold wet teabag falling out of a mug that you have upended over the kitchen sink and dont much feel like wash ..
The Guardian
3.0
Allied is a decent movie, but frustrating it should have been great, but never gets out of its own way long enough to be.
Az Central
4.5
Its an unabashedly starry eyed World War II thriller that thrives on the chemistry between actors so beautiful it hurts to look at them too long.Its s ..
Npr
1.9
Not succeeding as a World War II drama, spy thriller or love story, Allied is what you will find in the dictionary if you look up insipid..Its hard to ..
Star Tribune
3.8
You may know exactly where a movie like Allied is leading you, but its two smart, smoldering leads make you want to take the ride.Heres looking at you ..
Ew
2.0
The idea of devoting yourself so intensely to something that it starts to become tangible, in this case a scripted romance, is one that has great pote ..
Film Inquiry
2.0
A reminder of its makers formidable skills, its a rare bravura moment in a more workmanlike thriller.Zemeckis old school romance has its moments and C ..
Empire
3.0
Susan Grangers review of Allied (Paramount Pictures) Brad Pitt once observed, Success is a beast and it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. ..
Susang Ranger
5.0
If you love classic movies and their potential to sweep you up into a world outside of your own experience, this one will rock your world.
Observer
4.0
Allied is beautifully constructed, with smooth, polished camerawork and editing, as well as evocative music and design.But its never self consciously ..
Common Sense Media
4.0
On top of all that, Allied is simply a ridiculously fun movie to watch; its the kind of entertaining Hollywood spectacle that only comes around once e ..
Flickering Myth
3.0
Its a damned shame, but this movie just doesnt amount to a hill of beans.
Flim Threet
3.8
He creates a movie that is old fashioned in every possible good way, but that in no way seems passe or cliched.
Sf Gate
2.5
Why You Should Watch This Movie: If you miss watching old time classic romances, Allied will fill that void.
Book My Show
5.0
I happen to find the result intrusive, presumptuous, and often absurd, but, for anyone who thinks that all formality is a front, and that the only poi ..
New Yorker
4.5
That incontestable virtue is crucial both to the movies nostalgic kick and to its dramatic emptiness.
New Yorker
4.5
Much of the pleasure of Allied lies in watching beautiful people swanning through beautifulor even just painstakingly re createdlocales.
Time
3.0
Its very, very naughty and not nice at all, and it may be the perfect movie for the toxic moment.
Boston Herald
3.1
What might have been an intriguing psychological thriller about the impossibility of trust between two people employed in wetwork is instead a simplis ..
Slant Magazine
3.0
But where the 1942 film had its war loyalties clearly defined, the passage of time allows Allied to take its characters beyond WWII, while not asking ..
The New Indian Express
3.1
To its credit, the film manages to remain equivocal, keeping us in suspense, until the 11th hour.But even an unhappy ending comes with its own risks.
Washington Post
5.0
Its not so much a work of art as a triumph of craft, and therefore a reminder of the deep pleasures of old fashioned technique and long experience.
The New York Times
3.8
It makes no bones about its roots, but peacocks them accordingly.
The Film Stage
2.5
Whether its the demands of his occasional, stilted French language dialogue or the challenge of simply keeping up with Cotillard, a movie star whos a ..
Chicago Tribune
2.8
The production itself is often glorious, beautiful period reproductions rendered in a nostalgic glow, Cotillards costuming stunning.
Reeling Reviews
4.2
Surely the last thing youd want is for your audience to be holding you to the standard of one of the greatest WWII movies ever made, right
Uproxx
4.0
Allied is thrilling in the most romantic sort of way, evocative of old fashioned movie movie notions of sacrifice and duty.
Flickfilosopher
3.0
The tabloids even made up stuff about the film launching a starry relationship for the ages.
The Irish Times
3.8
Films like this offering two hours of solid entertainment with attractive leads, exotic locations, and large dollops of romance and suspense would hav ..
ReelViews
2.0
Pitts marquee pull will be Paramounts best hope of finding an audience.
Hollywood Reporter
4.3
War might be hell, but watching this spy thriller unfold is fairly close to heavenly.
Lyles Movie Files
2.0
It is not the tearjerker it aspires to be. No chemistry Or too much Litmus test required. Lovely Lysanders, though.
Standard
4.5
If you want logic, read Aristotle; if you want an enjoyable, entertaining few hours, see this film.
Tony Medley
4.0
OK, so Maxs French needs a little work, as Marianne points out (and shes being generous).
Los Angeles Times
3.1
Its a benign, emotionally toothless denouement to what could have been a heartbreaking finish, sending me out of the theatre questioning just how much ..
Movie Freak
3.5
It doesnt cut the way it wants to, and its send off moments feel conciliatory.
Detroit News
4.0
Allied isnt based on a true story; its a flagrantly movie ish concoction.But like Steven Spielbergs Bridge of Spies, its been made with a so old its n ..
Variety
1.5
The whole Mr and Mrs Smith style narrative of keeping the audiences in the dark regarding the true motivations of the protagonists doesnt really work ..
Firstpost
3.8
Allied is more intimate than epic, so the grandiose moments tend to stand out like a sore thumb, clashing with the Casablanca esque tone the film work ..
Aisle Seat
3.8
Its assignment: present a bygone era in exciting and meaningful new ways.
Consequence Of Sound
3.1
Its worth noting, too, that the film improves substantially as it progresses into its comparatively enthralling third act, as Zemeckis transforms What ..
Reel Film
3.5
Theres style aplenty, but a faltering third act ultimate flattens any substance.
Vox
4.0
Despite its staid atmosphere, Zemeckis, Pitt and Cotillard deliver a stirring tale of love during wartime.
Hey U Guys
2.5
The first is a gripping if not wildly inventive classically minded WWII resistance thriller in a glamorous, but darkly tinted setting, with a flirtati ..
The Play List
1.0
This is where digital technologies can act as a potential game changer.
Scroll
4.5
Superbly designed and filmed, Allied is a film for grown ups that appreciate drama which reflects life that is not seen through a fake cinematic filte ..
Urban Cine File
3.5
Its kind of like watching a live action WW2 Snapchat filter for two hours.
Film Ink
3.0
In a filmmaking era where no intellectual property is as valued in Hollywood as a comic book, Robert Zemeckis movie, with its nods to golden era class ..
The Age
3.5
(M) 124 minutes No one could have predicted the sombre career trajectory of Robert Zemeckis, who made his name with instant pop classics such as Back ..
The Age
3.0
All of which is perfectly diverting when its Pitt and Cotillard turning on the charm.
Games Radar
2.5
You really wouldnt want to be sitting next to Angelina Jolie watching this at the multiplex.
New York Post
3.0
With a bit more grime on the lens and a less hammy male lead (Brad may get the Oscar for best backwards chair kicking scene), it could have been a ver ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
2.5
Allied wants to be a classic tale of war, deception and doomed love, but despite the calibre of all involved, its simply a fitfully entertaining but o ..
Star Burst Magazine
3.0
Theres action and drama and emotions the size of a German bomber crash landing on to Hampstead Heath, but its a film with very little psychological ga ..
Lw Lies
3.0
Allieds strong sense of deja vu sure makes it look nice.But it sure doesnt help make it a great film.
Nz Herald
3.1
Allied (Official trailer) Allied follows intelligence officer Max Vatan, who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beause ..
Kansas City
3.0
Take a weepy romance, insert into spy intrigue, wrap that in epic WW2 drama, and then chuck into stunning 1940s couture.
Flicks
3.1
You might enjoy it, but you arent missing anything if you decide to sit this one out.
Red Eye Chicago
1.0
Allied Offers a Friendly Reminder: Dont Marry Nazis I dont care how hot your wife is: Nazism is always a deal breaker.This is common sense, and its ut ..
The Stranger
3.5
Allied is, for the most part, a conventional and classic World War II drama. It could have been made in the 1950s. The costumes are period, the music ..
Cleve Land
2.0
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Ft
3.0
Theres a terrific script at the heart of this World War II thriller, with a blast of complex romance alongside some dark Hitchcockian twists.
Contact Music
4.0
If nothing else, the costume design and the hardware, all 1942 by way of high end Hollywood art direction, is fetching, and watching beautiful people ..
Ar Kansas Online
3.8
Have fun debating afterwards if that makes Allied a throwback in retrograde ways, or simply perceptive.
Larsen On Film
3.0
Ridley Scott ensemble thriller is nasty, brutish and short or mysterious, upsetting and alluring The Tree of Life.Terrence Malicks elliptical epic lea ..
The Arts Desk
3.0
It has deflected the true scandal here: that a fantastic director and great cast can churn out such an average film.
The Sun
3.0
A script that regularly comes unaccountably unhinged, and a performance by Pitt that is puzzling, all but put the kaybosh on greatness.
Killer Movie Reviews
3.0
A technically proficient and visually lavish WWII spy thriller, Allied doesnt quite reach its full potential due to the curious chemistry between star ..
Matts Movie Reviews
4.0
Like his own What Lies Beneath without the laughable ending, heres another Zemeckis genre programmer that digs deep into ideas of partner betrayal wit ..
The Filmy Ap
3.5
It befits a relic from the past. And I mean that in the most complimentary way.
Patriot Ledger
3.1
1 of 9 View Caption In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Simon McBurney appears in a scene from Allied.
Sltrib
2.5
Worse, Steven Knights script is clumsy, and the activities of the characters entail an impossible suspension of disbelief.
Scmp
5.0
What might be most admirable about Allied is its audacity.The lovers in a dangerous time thriller wants nothing less than to be a modern day Casablanc ..
Straight
3.0
The film is equal parts romance and thriller.It succeeds much more often than it fails.
Movie Web
1.0
Say this for director Robert Zemeckis: it takes guts to open a World War II story in Casablanca and then tell a story that turns the World War II clas ..
Sandiego Reader
2.5
If you love Golden Age WWII movies I guess this is your dream film, the way The Expendables is my dream throwback to 80s action or The Force Awakens c ..
We Live Entertainment
2.5
The parts are in place for an utterly ripping thriller, a heart pounding spy mystery to rank with the best of the genre.
Cinemix Tape
3.8
The film is based on a true story of two assassins, but wouldnt this demand be just too difficult to believe
Shockya
5.0
I dont know how it rates as acting, but as a movie star performance, its gold.Cotillard fares less well.
News Week
4.0
Its also a compelling and romantic spy thriller that should have great appeal for contemporary audiences.
Dead Line
4.0
This is the kind of throwback film that doesnt seem like an homage; it feels like its speaking in something approaching the same language.
Metro New York
3.0
(Allied is intended as more of a suspense thriller, I suppose, but tension, while not absent, is not its defining feature.)
The Shiz Nit
2.0
The result is absorbing mainstream cinema, a great story told with craft and flair.
Scots Man
1.9
It wouldnt be much of a movie without a bombshell, and it arrives midway through in a suspicion about Marianne delivered by deep, deep British intelli ..
Post Gazette
2.5
Despite these difficulties, Allied is a solid WW2 thriller that thanks to Zemeckiss careful orchestration, boasts an assortment of memorable moments a ..
The Ooh Tray
4.0
And, in the moments in between, Stephen Knights screenplay gives its hero and heroine some delicious repartee for us to relish.
What So
2.5
But the whole movie feels like an homage, and apart from some effective jabs of action, it plods.
reason
2.5
THAT is a movie I want to watch.But were stuck with Allied, a by the book, old fashioned wartime romance flick.
Lainey Gossip
4.0
Allied explains more about war, dependency, and human nature in general than just about any other film in theaters this pre holiday season. Its recomm ..
East Bay Express
2.5
The movie looks like an epic, all right, but it plays like a Greatest Generation soap opera.
Seven Day Svt
4.4
How much you enjoy Allied may depend on how prepared you are to submit to its nostalgic charms, and how forgiving to the tension between the modernist ..
National Post
3.5
Its as dazzling as any space battle waged by the Millennium Falcon.But Cotillard always remains the movies center: With her large eyes and delicate ne ..
People
2.0
Against all odds it goes off without a hitch, but after falling deeply in love and beginning a new life in Blitz era London whispers of lies and decei ..
Sky
3.0
Zemeckis deserves a pat on the back for creating such a picturesque world despite the war setting.The storytelling and dialogue are straightforward.
The New Paper
3.0
It occasionally feels a little stilted in its storytelling, as though its holdi ng something back (much like its protagonists), but this tale of spies ..
Fan The Fire Magazine
2.0
Instead, Pitt is the walking dead and Allied is a crushing bore that fails to even engage us as it grinds through its twisty plotting back in London.
Toronto Sun
2.0
Allied aims for the epic sweep and tragic grandeur of old school romances, but it just winds up looking old.
Fw Weekly
3.5
Those expertly crafted moments of suspense help make Allied a good and mostly consistent piece of spectacle.
Blog Bullz Eye
2.5
Its all rather pretty and prettily tense, but it mists away like so much stardust.
Vue Weekly
3.8
Its not a bad performance.Its simply one where you can occasionally see the strings being yanked.
Hollywood Into To
4.4
You can practically envision the old school marketing campaign: Thrills!.Adventure!
Am Ny
2.2
The leads give great performances.The costumes and sets are first rate.
Movie Chambers
3.8
Allied is an old fashioned movie even if made with the latest digital tools a tribute to a style of storytelling that has become scarce.
Heral
3.0
On a technical level, the old fashioned Allied is very well made from the accomplished cinematography to the performances from its bumper cast to the ..
News
2.5
Underneath its impeccably tailored glad rags, however, Allied is about as animated as one of Madame Tussauds waxwork dummies.
News
2.0
Theres arguably more to like about this dramatic but silly premise.
Impulse Gamer
2.5
Allied sports sumptuous art direction and lovely cinematography (by Don Burgess), and the movie blends a contemporary sensibility with an old school H ..
Miami
3.5
That and lots of spiffy looking vintage cars of the 1940s.This approach might have worked had Zemeckis not been saddled with two mismatched performanc ..
Denerstein Unleashed Blog ..
4.5
And it is gorgeous.We have plenty of movie stars, but its become a rare occurrence to watch a movie and feel like youre actually watching movie stars.
Abc News Go
3.1
Its as if the film, struggling under the weight of the classic epics it recalls, just gives up.
Seattle Times
4.0
But Allieds Nazis are ultimately no more frightening than Top Secrets.
Bbc
3.8
Feel free to resist it, if you must.For more enjoyment, just go with it.
Buffalo News
4.5
A smart and stylish escapist adventure, Allied is the perfect holiday film.
At Home In Hollywood
4.5
Accordingly, Allied is an old fashioned slice of adult orientated entertainment like they used to make, where impossibly attractive movie stars tackle ..
Junkee
1.5
Youll hear how the film is suspenseful and beautiful to look at.Thats small compensation; Zemeckis (whose last film was The Walk and this one is 22 ye ..
Bangkok Post
3.8
If you can get past the plot hole, then this is a solid tale of love and war.
Fres Nobee
2.5
This is very much a romanticised war drama, complete with couples in smart tuxedos and beautiful ball gowns.
Indie London
3.8
The tension is our entry point to the films base appeal to the emotions, rooted in two fundamental anxieties: Death by Nazi, and suspecting ones spous ..
M Live
4.0
Loving, the story of Richard and Mildred, is this years Brooklyn, a deeply moving film about the recent past that resonates forcefully in modern Ameri ..
Daily Public
4.5
And this pie eyed adoration of cinema past beautifully complements a tale of two people (characters and performers both) who pretend for a living.
Bk Mag
3.0
But the movie also happily pokes fun at its own fakeness on more than one occasion.
Four Three Film
2.0
Ultimately, the film is all style and no substance, and it just makes you wish you were watching Casablanca instead.
I News
4.5
The effort is apparent in every frame.Same with the performances.
Spokane7
2.5
No, this is more glossy, good looking people going through the motions stuff than any kind of grandiose emotional drama with Nazis stuff.Again, not ba ..
La Movie Boeuf Wordpress
4.5
Thanks to Hitchcocks unparalleled technical skill and its leads versatile performances, its one of the filmmakers quieter masterpieces.
Ign
3.8
The film is lensed beautifully, while attention to period detail is superb in all areas, from the costumes to the production design, expertly evoking ..
Ny 1
2.5
Its an intriguing premise, but it just doesnt play here.While the talent of the cast and director is beyond dispute, this material simply isnt in thei ..
News Gazette
3.5
Leaving aside a sentimental epilogue that feels borrowed from a much softer, sappier picture, Allied hums along quite nicely thanks to the kind of cle ..
Spliced Personality
3.5
Allied is an epic World War II romance and espionage thriller all wrapped in one.
Rescu
3.0
Despite the star power, glossy look and interesting premise, Allied feels like a missed opportunity from director Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter Ste ..
Cbc
3.5
What works for it, is the filmmakers adept story telling technique.
Mumbai Mirror
1.3
This is just one of several unintentionally funny moments in a movie that wants to be taken seriously but is derailed by listless direction, tired act ..
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