Allied

This movie has all the makings of a majestic classic.  It starts out in the country of Morocco during WWII.  The two lead characters, played by Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard, are reminiscent of Rick and Ilsa from the Oscar winning Casablanca.  The costumes are great, the scenery lush, and the cinematography breathtaking.  And yet…..this movie missed as far as I am concerned.  I expected so much more than an average spy story, one without much of a story!  Brad Pitt is some kind of British spy, born in Canada who is pretending to be French.  Marion Cotillard is also a spy.  They are thrown together in order to assassinate a high ranking Nazi and in the process fall in love and get married.  I have read the there was a real-life romance involved in the making of this movie that might have been one of the causes of the Jolie-Pitt break  up.  If this is true (and I have my doubts), the chemistry between the two of them is a mystery to me as I really didn’t find the romance on screen believable.  The writing was also pedestrian at best.  The “surprise” ending can be guessed at least a half an  hour before it happens.  I am  not saying that you shouldn’t see this movie, but if you don’t go to many movies, I would skip this one and see Fantastic Beasts or Dr. Strange instead.