Reviews

A complete miscalculation - horrible dialogue ("You sack of wine!"), stiff acting (Pitt maintains the same constipated scowl throughout) and badly paced (no chemistry between characters or epic feel despite use of CGI armies). The camera work is spotty, and the score is gratingly horrible.

Boring, unintentionally funny, and basically a total debacle. The only shining moments are provided by Peter O'Toole and Sean Bean. The rest of the cast seems totally disinterested or out of place. The biggest waste of $200 million I have ever seen.

Save your money and make this one a rental. Troy gives no soul whatsoever to effecting, dramatic source material. Homer would be appalled.

I read Rice's novel with interest, and became quite enchanted with its characters and heartbreaking tale based on historical truths.

However, I was simply APPALLED at this disastrous adaptation. The casting was based merely on physical appearance, and not acting talent (with the obvious exception of Peter Gallagher, who was neither blond-haired, or able to act his way out of a wet paper bag). The cast's embarrassingly clumsy and inconsistent attempts at affecting a French accent was hilarious, but not in an entertaining way. I found myself wincing through this muddled and melodramatic tripe, and was surprised I made it to the end.

A warning to fans of the novel - stay away from this one.