Flyboys
4,523
War. Action
“Flyboys,” the first World War I aviation film in over 40 years, is inspired by the epic, courageous tale of the American young men who would become known as the legendary Lafayette Escadrille. They were ordinary boys who volunteered for the first World War looking for adventure, and in the process, they became heroes. Never before has a movie so accurately portrayed the thrill and danger of the aerial dogfights that played such an ... [+]
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United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "A decidedly old-fashioned war film that reaches for epic sweep but is often bogged down in cliched drama and two-dimensional characters." | NEU |
United States | Boston Globe | The movie's straightforward and ingratiating, and as pretty-boy history lessons go, it's a lot less obnoxious than "Pearl Harbor." | POS |
United States | The New York Times | "Despite its empty head and arduous length, Flyboys is ever so nice, in the manner of a Norman Rockwell illustration. The director, Tony Bill, may not be a philosopher but he is a gentleman" | NEU |
United States | Miami Herald | "'Flyboys' is so schematic and contrived, you can anticipate exactly what scene is going to come next, and who will be the next to die in combat" | NEG |
United States | Chicago Tribune | "Just about everything in the video-gamey World War I picture Flyboys rings false, although the planes certainly are terrific." | NEU |
United States | Entertainment Weekly | "This is a lost opportunity on an epic scale" | NEG |
United States | Entertainment Weekly | "This is a lost opportunity on an epic scale" | NEG |
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