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(1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 33% Rotten Page   1   3/5 "Yearning for a time when warfare seemed so much simpler and more honourable, Flyboys is a thrilling, spectacular ride - but only when its dull characters get off the ground."   Channel 4 Film   Anton Bitel 6/10 "Sometimes you just want to see pretty people in period costumes flying around in old-timey planes, swooning with impossible young love and screaming at the sky in rage."   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens C+ "The characters, although based on real life people, are one-dimensional stereotypes that exist for the sole purpose of presenting indistinguishable flesh-and-blood pilots for superabundant air battles."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "As the boys become men, movie-made and heroic, they duly exalt their beloved Cassidy, just as he wouldn't want them to do."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "In Air, Goooood. On Ground, Baaaaad."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger C- "Just what we need during these dark times, an empty film that glorifies war."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "Gorgeously choreographed aerial photography and seamless visual effects give life, scope, exhilaration and danger to the action set-pieces."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 1.5/4 "Flyboys may be inspired by true events, but director Tony Bill's evocation of an air squadron's exploits during WWI is a sham no amount of droopy-dog posturing by James Franco can alleviate."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez C+ "The romance doesn't feel necessary to the film -- an observation that makes me realize the entire FILM doesn't feel necessary to the film."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider D+ "Having now seen this and next week's The Guardian consecutively, I could write a thesis on what happens when reliable movie conventions become hideous excesses."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov D+ "The cliche-ridden histrionics were already old-fashioned...fifty years ago. Now they seem positively moldy, and all the CGI dexterity in the world can't enliven them."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/5 "A World War I aviation film that peddles clichés about the camaraderie of men who fight together."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 1.5/5 "click for full review [Greek]"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis "You can forgive the chessiness when that camera is soaring through the air."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 3/5 "Weak on story, but strong on action, Flyboys is actually worth seeing for the effects alone."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 1.5/4 "No cliche goes unturned in the wooden script."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh B- "Flyboys rises above [its] flat characterizations to provide an often fascinating glimpse of the lives of early airmen."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer 6/10 "With the romantic history behind it the script should practically have written itself. Unfortunately, the writers of the film allowed it to do just that."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "[A] grand yarn of adventure and catastrophe... big and emotional and sentimental without being sappy... It's an instant new classic in my own little pantheon of favorite films. I love love love this movie."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson C+ "Has this script been in a drawer somewhere since 1942?"   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 3/5 "This well-produced, engaging film somewhat overreaches itself, trying to turn a crackling adventure into a sweeping emotional epic."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C+ "The aerial combat scenes are visually stunning."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten "The best of Pearl Harbor meeting the worst of HBO's Band of Brothers."   Calgary Movies   Ryan Cracknell 2/5 "The edgy flight shots and stimulating biplane battles make Flyboys a better movie. They just don't make it a good one."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 5/10 "In the sky, the scenes soar - but the ground story never takes off."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf "Click here o see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 33% Rotten Page   1