| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Townsend |
"A cartoonish melodrama about WW I aces that never gets off the ground." more... |
D |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...once it gets aloft, Flyboys is reasonably ripping." more... |
B- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"The numerous dogfights...are so souped up with digitally composited imagery that the thrills and the machines themselves end up diminished." more... |
C |
E! Online
Skylaire Alfvegren |
"You wouldn't think to describe a war movie as 'dreamy,' but this $60 million epic is exactly that." more... |
B+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling |
"This is a lost opportunity on an epic scale." more... |
C- |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"The edgy flight shots and stimulating biplane battles make Flyboys a better movie. They just don't make it a good one." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden |
"...doesn't quite reach its aimed-for heights." more... |
C |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
" The computer-generated flying effects are the only reason to see the movie..." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Nathan Lee |
"Empty headed and egregiously polite, this nostalgia trip to the First World War is what you¿d get if Norman Rockwell directed Top Gun." more... |
C- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter Addiego |
"...besides some fine dogfight sequences, it often feels threadbare, just an exercise in recycling." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"Younger moviegoers may respond to it, and to its sweet romance, celebration of manly camaraderie and overall air of historical accuracy." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"It's a pedestrian rendering of a potentially exciting tale that seems a natural for the movies..." more... |
C- |
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