Allied
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 23, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 44 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
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19
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzNov 21, 2016
Allied is a decent movie, but frustrating — it should have been great, but never gets out of its own way long enough to be. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonNov 21, 2016
Bits of Allied really do work. There’s a clawing tension to the later scenes, as their marital bliss starts to turn sour. Pitt’s anguish is convincing, and even if some of his actions are ludicrous – endangering an entire Resistance cell for his own peace of mind, for instance – we still feel for him. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonNov 21, 2016
Allied attempts to balance joy with heartbreak, and never fully manages either. But fans of old-school entertainment are unlikely to leave disappointed Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonNov 21, 2016
A World War II romance-thriller that starts off smartly but sputters to an underwhelming finale. Read full review
58
IndieWireKate ErblandNov 21, 2016
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. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony LaneNov 28, 2016
Allied is written by Steven Knight and directed by Robert Zemeckis, who seems uncertain whether to treat the tale as a wrenching saga of split loyalties or as a glamorous jaunt. Having gathered all the ingredients for derring-do, he forgets to turn up the heat, and the derring never does. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter TraversNov 22, 2016
What a handsome empty shell of a movie Allied is. Read full review
50
USA TodayBrian TruittNov 22, 2016
Ridiculously attractive spies fall hard for each other in Allied, but don’t expect "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" with Nazis. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniNov 22, 2016
Allied comes off like a highlight reel that mimics the look and feel of a whole school of great films, from "Casablanca" to Hitchcock's "Suspicion" and "Notorious." Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezNov 22, 2016
You don’t buy into their romance the way you buy into, say, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in the upcoming “La La Land.” All you see are two big movie stars playing make-believe. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithNov 21, 2016
Allied is slow-footed and tepid, its plot twists dopey and soapy. I was rooting for things to get interesting, but I would have settled for a few surprises. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsNov 21, 2016
In a movie built around two characters, Pitt does not hold up his 50 percent. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoNov 21, 2016
Allied is a prestige drama without the prestige, wooden in appearance and lacking any true drama. Read full review
50
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallNov 21, 2016
Any resemblance between Allied and a much better movie on the subject isn't coincidental but unfortunate. Read full review
50
The PlaylistOliver LytteltonNov 21, 2016
It’s an engaging film in many respects, but one that exemplifies a lot of the problems that have trailed Zemeckis across his career. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyNov 21, 2016
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. Read full review
40
EmpirePhil de SemlyenNov 21, 2016
Zemeckis’ old-school romance has its moments and Cotillard gives it her all, but it lacks the zip and chemistry to truly spark. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawNov 21, 2016
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. Read full review
40
TheWrapRobert AbeleNov 21, 2016
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. Read full review
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