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www.cincinnati.com - : Cincinnati Enquirer : There is an irony to Brad Pitt. He is a star because of his extraordinary beauty, but he's at his best as an actor when his looks are obscured. In Troy, he is shapely, bronzed and be-tressed, and all wrong for the role. more...
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metromix.chicagotribune.com - : Chicago Tribune : Most of the acting, though, has a stark simplicity. And if Pitt tends to dominate the screen, it's because he's deified by Petersen and Roger Pratt's camera eye. Pitt's acting is often underrated because he's so photogenic; here his looks are integral to the role, the movie's whole sense of heroic beauty. more...
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www.suntimes.com - : Chicago Sun-Times : The movie recounts the legend of the Trojan War, as the fortress city is attacked by a Greek army led by Menelaus of Sparta and Agamemnon of Mycenae. The war has become necessary because of the lust of the young Trojan prince named Paris (Orlando Bloom), who while during a peace mission to Sparta, seduces the city-state's queen, Helen (Diane Kruger). more...
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www.boston.com - : Boston Globe : The actors -- some miscast, some swaggeringly vivid -- do what they can, but what's missing from the experience is the poetry only a director can bring to an enterprise this sprawling. more...
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