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Allied

Allied

Action, Drama, Romance

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

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The critical consensus

Robert Zemeckis lacks his usual fizz in this tourist visit to a heritage-wartime past, in which Pitt and Cotillard look and act like strangers.

**(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 21/11/2016

Grinds along pleasantly enough.

David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 21/11/2016

A handsome film, then, that never really comes to life.

**(*)(*)(*)James Mottram, The List, 21/11/2016

Robert Zemeckis' latest struggles between balancing glamorous exoticism and tense suspicion in this weakly plotted spy thriller.

**(*)(*)(*)Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent, 21/11/2016

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

**(*)(*)(*)Phil De Semlyen, Empire Online, 21/11/2016

Ravishing without being riveting, this is polished period entertainment in the traditional matinee sense. But Casablanca it ain’t.

***(*)(*)Jane Crowther, Total Film, 24/11/2016

Alas, the only thing it leaves you pondering is whether Pitt and Cotillard regret climbing on board such a ludicrous star vehicle. Maybe they will. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon…

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 24/11/2016

At its best Allied creates the tension you would find in a classic Hitchcock thriller such as Notorious. But when you see Pitt’s character reading Graham Greene’s Brighton Rock you suspect Greene might have made something tighter and tenser from the situation. Allied is undeniably entertaining but you don’t believe a word of it.

***(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 25/11/2016

Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt are an unconvincing couple in this plodding second world war thriller.

**(*)(*)(*)Xan Brooks, The Observer, 27/11/2016

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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