Szövetségesek

Egyszerű az biztos, de egy szép retró-hollywoodi ruhában, amiért könnyű megbocsátani. Meglepően nem giccses, izgalmas, sőt, borzongató, csak annak a sötét kornak a hangulata által, amelyben a TÖRTÉNETÜK játszódik. Tökéletesen megrendezett, hűvös profizmussal, a Zemeckis-től elvárható érzelmi erőltetés nélkül. És a Silvestri-től elvárható nagy szerelmi témák nélkül. Mert egy ilyen zseniálisan megírt forgatókönyvnek, amely ennyire erős TÖRTÉNETRE épül, nincs szüksége ilyesmire. A befejezéstől teljesen darabokra estem szét. (2017.02.08)

Knight doesn’t write bad stories and when he pays homage to Hollywood classics like Casablanca, he manages to add an element of modernity. Pitt’s cold fish Max Vatan melting in the arms of Marion Cotillard in action scenes is still an effective killing machine and the spying game is much more convincing than usual. Details, details and more details. Zemeckis has made a strong genre piece with abundant gleaming camera shots and, the occasional feeble special effect here and there doesn’t matter in the slightest. A quality romantic wartime drama about family, love and good people in a difficult situation. Ideal for a date. (2017.01.30)

If it weren’t for the botoxed Brad Pitt and several scenes that reeked of Hollywood, where for instance a couple makes love in the midst of a sandstorm in Morroco and Marion Cotillard then gives birth during an air raid of London, I would be literally excited about the movie. I haven’t seen such great war atmosphere for a long time, which actually is no wonder. Robert Zemeckis is a great director and he’s truly great at creating high-quality atmospheres. The ending of the movie was also literally aced, but I guess Angelina Jolie probably wouldn’t share my excitement… (2017.03.09)

Robert Zemeckis is considered a visionary, but at the core, he is and will always be old-fashioned. And that old-fashionedness is insidious, because Allied pretend to be a Moroccan war trifle for a while, later transforms through intense action interludes into an honest drama, and then doesn't recoil from flirting with a good amount of tension. Over time, additional layers of storytelling are added, and in the end, there remains a taste of a pleasantly genre-defying spectacle that makes one forget about the overly drawn-out pace of the first act. (2017.01.26)

Zemeckis and Burgess revel in subtle camera-special effects, but instead of a marital drama, they unwittingly chart a cheesy WWII romance where sex is the equivalent of a desert storm and a Luftwaffe precision strike family picnic. These images, painstakingly copied from Spielberg, including Williams' score, only prove that some genres are passé even for experienced storytellers. The film is subjectively four hours long. (2017.01.25)