Flyboys
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: September 22, 2006
6.9
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Generally favorable reviews based on 71 Ratings
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8
MadDadNov 23, 2011
Heavily underrated movie. Good story with an interesting topic: WW1 flight aces are a rare film topic to find. I especially liked the dogfights which were pretty intense. Worth watching!
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Meth-dudeJul 29, 2017
It's a very well made movie. Great acting, impressive cinematography, compelling characters and very well done action sequences. Flyboys may not be the best war movie out there and some people may find it a little bit too long, but it's stillIt's a very well made movie. Great acting, impressive cinematography, compelling characters and very well done action sequences. Flyboys may not be the best war movie out there and some people may find it a little bit too long, but it's still a good movie.… Expand
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ty92Mar 3, 2020
One of my favourite movies. What a great story with great characters. James Franco at his best here. The ending was disappointing but grounded in reality. I dont get any of the hate people have for this incredible film. It has a lot of heart.
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BobbieSep 26, 2006
An awful effort by all involved.
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LindaMar 1, 2007
Heard how good it was, BORING, a little romance, want to see a great flick? check out The Guardian!!!! That was awesome!
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ElenaSep 23, 2006
Horsefeathers.
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JeffH.Sep 23, 2006
Overall, I want to like this film. But to be honest, it's too contrived and too long to be good, and too predictable to be mediocre. The acting seems overall stiff (aside from the French Captain), and the flight scenes are only good Overall, I want to like this film. But to be honest, it's too contrived and too long to be good, and too predictable to be mediocre. The acting seems overall stiff (aside from the French Captain), and the flight scenes are only good when it's the low to the ground shots; the higher the planes, the more fake it looks. Keep this film in the hanger, there are better ways to spend 2 and a half hours.… Expand
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KingChadSep 25, 2006
So bad a movie that it will be gone from the theaters within 3 weeks.
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GarethCOct 28, 2007
This movie makes Pearl Harbour look like a classic. It is awful, and the script juvenile. Unbearably contrived! The dogfights look good, but the movie is painful to watch.
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UnzarJ.Mar 16, 2007
This movie was in desparate need of a lead actor that has charisma. Uninvolving, to say the least.
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ChadS.Dec 18, 2006
If we had peace in our time, "Flyboys" might've flown, and not blown. It's something of a reactionary film because it repositions "war as an adventure", as opposed to "war as hell". This is the sort of film they made "back in the If we had peace in our time, "Flyboys" might've flown, and not blown. It's something of a reactionary film because it repositions "war as an adventure", as opposed to "war as hell". This is the sort of film they made "back in the day" to seduce young men into enlisting. Join the armed forces and frolic in the country with a hot French babe, but since this is a PG-13 offering, the frolic comes with orphans. In the funniest scene(of the unintentional variety), Blaine(James Franco) gives the French urchins a joyride in his plane, who you'd think might be deathly afraid of aircraft since the Germans bombed their house and killed their parents. "Flyboys", to its credit, does make an attempt to be transgressive when Reed(Martin Henderson) talks candidly about the horrors of war, but the tone never truly changes even as the bodies tally up. "Flyboys" isn't boring, just faintly offensive.… Expand
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Muskrat147Oct 9, 2016
With an exceedingly long run time and sub-par special effects, Flyboys feels like a Disney adventure flick, and not the highly intense historical masterpiece it should be.
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BroyaxJan 11, 2017
Un navet épouvantable qui se raccroche à une image de synthèse douteuse dont le souci historique s'est perdu dans une autre dimension : les vieux coucous n'ont pas de lasers mais c'est tout juste ! ils se manient comme des chasseurs TIE,Un navet épouvantable qui se raccroche à une image de synthèse douteuse dont le souci historique s'est perdu dans une autre dimension : les vieux coucous n'ont pas de lasers mais c'est tout juste ! ils se manient comme des chasseurs TIE, effectuent les pirouettes les plus improbables et les pilotes se parlent en pilotant comme s'ils avaient l'oreillette incrustée dans le caberlot. Eh ouais mon gars, déjà le blue tooth en 14-18 !

On a droit par ailleurs au scénario qui tient sur un timbre-poste avec tous les poncifs des grands héros américains de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale... dans la Première. Les Français sont là pour décorer, comme ce pauvre Jean Reno qui fait de la figuration ; les Allemands sont quand à eux et comme de coutume, de vrais salauds, alors de là à les traiter de Nazis, il n'y a qu'un pas...

Pour le reste et comme si toute la bouffonnerie ambiante ne suffisait pas, la mièvrerie est l'invitée d'honneur dans cette pantalonnade hollymerdienne qui n'en finit pas : à fuir !… Expand
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[Anonymous]Feb 3, 2007
Flyboys isn't a disaster, one one can't help but be dissapointed. It tries to be an epic, but it's WWI exploited for popcorn, and not for the best. The dialogue and script are cliched and lackluster, and despite the battle Flyboys isn't a disaster, one one can't help but be dissapointed. It tries to be an epic, but it's WWI exploited for popcorn, and not for the best. The dialogue and script are cliched and lackluster, and despite the battle footage, the realism of WWI seems to be all but missing. Only cassidy's death has the resonance of the epic. For some decent dogfights, Flyboys is worth a spin, but it won't resonate or impress, just pass the time.… Expand
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JoeL.Oct 6, 2006
Some nice dogfight scenes, some interesting historical facts, but mixed in with some very silly scenes in which Franco gets to play the hero. The movie ultimately suffers from the Hollywood format syndrome because as soon as we met the Some nice dogfight scenes, some interesting historical facts, but mixed in with some very silly scenes in which Franco gets to play the hero. The movie ultimately suffers from the Hollywood format syndrome because as soon as we met the characters we could easily predict what would happen to all of them.… Expand
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philipt.Jun 5, 2007
Great film, with amazing dog fights! I will buy this on DVD!
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TonyB.Aug 31, 2008
This is among the more underrated films I've seen in a long time. It was a pleasant surprise that deserved far more critical and commercial success than it got. Well written, directed, acted, photographed, edited and scored, "Flyboys" This is among the more underrated films I've seen in a long time. It was a pleasant surprise that deserved far more critical and commercial success than it got. Well written, directed, acted, photographed, edited and scored, "Flyboys" was both exciting and quite moving as well.… Expand
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WarmongerSep 22, 2006
It's about time...Flyboys is a pretty good movie! it may not be in the same caliber as such films, as the Blue Max or Richthofen and Brown but the story is pretty good and the dogfights, although cg, are something to behold!
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DavidL.Sep 23, 2006
Much better than i thought it would be. It's a fun movie in time of not so good movies. It's not tame enough to take small children, but it's a fun movie to see and I can recommend it.
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DominickC.Sep 25, 2006
I just want to say that I truly enjoyed myself at this movie. My wife and I came out with smiles on our faces and felt great! This movie had something that a lot of movies don't have much of anymore...and that is a good story. You care I just want to say that I truly enjoyed myself at this movie. My wife and I came out with smiles on our faces and felt great! This movie had something that a lot of movies don't have much of anymore...and that is a good story. You care for these characters; care if they live or die. You feel afraid for them as they dogfight in those rickety planes. Elements like honor and country and compassion for others are seen throughout. A well-done treat! Don't miss it.… Expand
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PatC.Sep 26, 2006
Lost in the disjointed melodrama and infuriating musical score is the wonderful job done with costumes and sets. Forget all the old black & white historical record - I believe this is the way World War I in France looked.
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TheWhiskeyManSep 27, 2006
Too awful for words. Flat and boring.
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guy!Jun 11, 2007
This is almost better than Independence Day! must...buy...soooooooon.
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GrantC.Jul 29, 2008
If you were a flight simulator ace, this is an excellent film. It truly picks out what it's like to go to war as a fighter pilot back in the early 1900's. Great Overall!
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MarkB.Nov 29, 2006
Too bad they marred this otherwise very entertaining World War I action drama by banishing the cigarettes from it! Like Pearl Harbor and many other recent period pieces (but, thankfully, NOT Clint Eastwood's Flags Of Our Fathers) the Too bad they marred this otherwise very entertaining World War I action drama by banishing the cigarettes from it! Like Pearl Harbor and many other recent period pieces (but, thankfully, NOT Clint Eastwood's Flags Of Our Fathers) the producers decided to allow C. Everett Koop and that humorless twerp played by William H. Macy in Thank You For Smoking act as their movie's very own personal Joseph L. Breen, and thus we get lots of bar scenes on the French wartime front in which lots of flyers have plenty of shots and snorts but no smokes. Besides the obvious self-contradictory absurdity of allowing the movie's heroes to inflict all sorts of abuse upon their livers but not their lungs, this is a regrettable concession to political correctness in a movie that admirably makes no others. It's a war film marked by no ironic subtext whatsoever as expatriate American flyers, fully committed to what they're doing and the rightness of it, enjoy wiping out their German opponents and racking up kills. Not only is this a marked contrast to the 1980s mini-genre of historical dramas (the Young Guns movies and the incredibly ludicrous and loathsome Mobsters) that loaded their casts with Brat Packers and their scripts with attitudinal anachronisms, but it also is at philosophical odds with most WW I films made during the 1930s (Ace of Aces, The Dawn Patrol and of course All Quiet On The Western Front) which, being horrified reactions to the war's massive amounts of technologically-produced carnage and having been made BEFORE America was aware of just how evil and dangerous Hitler was, were as passionately antiwar as Johnny Got His Gun. Flyers was quite courageous to, in this day and time, cling to the concept of any kind of warfare as heroic, noble and even romantic, and for that reason (if not also because World War I hasn't exactly been a pop-culture touchstone since Snoopy took on The Red Baron in the late 1960s) it was quickly and inevitably shot down in flames at the box office. That's a shame; Flyboys is one of the most distinctive-LOOKING commercial films of 2006, with a tinted picture postcard feel that fully matches its period; it juggles its storylines and characters well; it features convincing airborne sequences and a sweet, resonant love story on the ground, and it sports nice work by Spider-Man's James Franco, using his James Deanish sensitivity to good advantage, and especially by Jean Reno (The Pink Panther) who, as the kind of commander I'll bet all ex-military personnel WISH they'd had, projects in spades that elusive quality that many actors try for but very few actually attain: effortless cool.… Expand
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KeithLOct 14, 2006
I really enjoyed the movie and found the aircraft footage excellent. I went with 5 other people and everyone of them treally enjoyed the movie.
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ScottG.Sep 24, 2006
While I would've liked them to spend more time on characterization, they pulled out the stops on action. This was exactly what I was looking for at the movies that night. I'm still stunned that people would volunteer to fly in While I would've liked them to spend more time on characterization, they pulled out the stops on action. This was exactly what I was looking for at the movies that night. I'm still stunned that people would volunteer to fly in combat, given the unlikelihood they'd return...… Expand
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TylerA.Feb 11, 2007
This is a great action movie, the only reason I didn't give it a full ten is i think they could have made the part on the ground mare interesting than just prostitutes and kids.
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SteveC.Feb 17, 2007
I thought it was a perfect WWI Flying movie...exactly what I was looking for and with excellent dogfight scenes and a much better than expected storyline as well.
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HurQlezJul 26, 2019
Boring and unremarkable epic movie. The acting was bland and the action scenes were not enough to enjoy it.
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