Allied
2016
**½
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Simon McBurney, Lizzy Caplan, Daniel Betts, Matthew Goode, Daniel Betts, Camilla Cottin
During World War II, a Canadian intelligence officer and a French resistance fighter fall in love while posing as a couple. But do they even really know each other? This romantic drama is based on an original screenplay by Steven Knight. The set-up shows promise, but the film is oddly lifeless. The first third of the story takes place in Morocco, but this is no Casablanca. Marion Cotillard is lively in the female lead but Brad Pitt gives an incredibly wooden performance.
