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Allied

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United Kingdom, United States · 2016
Rated R · 2h 4m
Director Robert Zemeckis
Starring Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Simon McBurney
Genre Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. They fall in love and hope to their leave their double-dealing behind them. However, when they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

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Village Voice by Bilge Ebiri

Allied doesn’t deliver any particularly shocking twists or turns; the real surprise here is how much a well-told, well-acted tale can still resonate.

40

The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney

Plodding and pedestrian even in the technical magic that is a Zemeckis trademark, this is a case of a director out of his element with a script that fails to generate much heat.

58

IndieWire by Kate Erbland

Allied can never settle on a consistent tone, bumping along from smooth spy adventure to stylized war picture to treatise on marriage, all peppered with stilted attempts at humor for an added dash of incomprehensibility.

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The Playlist by Oliver Lyttelton

It’s an engaging film in many respects, but one that exemplifies a lot of the problems that have trailed Zemeckis across his career.

40

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

Director Robert Zemeckis is usually known for his zestiness and zippiness; but this is arduous. Screenwriter Steven Knight scripted smart movies such as Locke, Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises, and there are some nice touches, but it resembles an unconvincing and sluggish pastiche of a war movie.

40

Empire by Phil de Semlyen

Zemeckis’ old-school romance has its moments and Cotillard gives it her all, but it lacks the zip and chemistry to truly spark.

40

TheWrap by Robert Abele

Allied is ultimately a thin love story, with creaky suspense machinery and star turns from Pitt and Cotillard that feel more like matinee idol dress-up than a meeting of the magnetic.

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