Such a drawn out story. This entire movie could have been reduced by probably 45 minutes to an hour.. Could have been so much better.

It could have been such a good movie but ended up boring and forgettable. Brad Pitt plays Brad Pitt, period, no depth on that character. Weak script. Love story with no chemistry developing out of thin air. Also the lesbian sister was such a weird addition??? Like, they're in the **1940s**, no one would ever be so openly gay _(less while working in the military)_ and with everyone surrounding them being all cool about it. They probably wanted points for being inclusive but didn't bother trying to make it feel realistic. It was so forced and out of place...

I must disagree with other commenters. The plot path was not predictable, the acting was very good, and the effects were just fine in most places. When I took my eyes off the main characters in long shots in order to imagine where and how they incorporated visual effects, I certainly could imagine which parts of the shot were vfx and composited, but one shouldn't be looking at the backgrounds anyway. Some felt Brad Pitt's performance too much "Brad Pitt." I believe the explanation for that feeling was that his emotional restraint fitted his personality as a spy for the majority of the film; it did not fit the husband who would do anything for his bride. Yet, when a character changes due to circumstances, isn't it acting when a constrained character then expresses his true feelings more obviously? Anyway, this was a very enjoyable film and very nicely done.

A spy (Brad Pitt) lands in WWII Morocco and connects with a female colleague (Marion Cotillard). They pretend to be husband and wife, infiltrate a Nazi dinner party and assassinate the German ambassador. The mission goes well and they decide to go back to London and get married for real. However, one section of the RAF suspects Marion might actually be a Nazi double agent. The plot presents an interesting premise which it then utterly fails to deliver on. There’s no real connection between the couple and when the potential deception is introduced it’s hard to care. Then just as everything should be hotting up, Zemeckis drags it out for a whole hour before quickly wrapping it all up in the last 10 minutes. Weirder still is the ridiculous over-reliance on CG imagery, particularly in key scenes. Just before their dangerous first mission together Brad and Marion decide to have sex in the car during a sandstorm because they don’t know if they’ll make it out alive. This serves as the whole premise for them eventually getting together and yet the special effects are so off-putting it becomes a bit of a joke. It’s unforgivable in an age where kids on their laptops can whip up realistic footage. Spies, the war, planes, exotic places, good looking people - this film really has it all! And yet Allied completely fails to grab your attention. It’s a loveless love story and a suspense-less thriller. https://benoliver999.com/film/2017/08/19/allied/