David Ellison, James Franco, Jean Reno
"Flyboys" tells the story of young Americans who, before the U.S. entered WWI, volunteered for the French military and became the country's first fighter pilots. Fighting a war that wasn't theirs, the...( read more
)
DVD Release Date: January 30, 2007
Get It:
Stats: 4,539 reviews
Your Rating
Flixster Reviews (4,539)
-
October 14, 2009Flyboys is a movie I really wanted to like, but it was too slow and awfully predictable to be enjoyed. The great action and special effects couldn't mask the cheesiness of the plot.
The dogfights in the air were entertaining, but too many of the fights looked the same. ...( read more) -
September 30, 2009Once again, perfect proof that an awesome movie trailer can be made from even the crappiest of movies...The dogfight scenes were decent, but overall, the movie just went way too slow.
-
July 6, 2009This movie was exactly what I thought it'd it was almost like a disney movie something like remember the titans but with airplanes and war. It was entertaining.
-
April 5, 2009This is a great movie about flying aces during WW1. A small group of Americans go to France to join the flying corps and battle the German flying aces, alittle cliched in places, alittle smoochy here and there and rather predictable to be honest but this is good boys own Biggles ...( read more)
-
March 25, 2009really good flick. had some over the top scenes and some things happen outside of reality, but the acting was great, the action was good when it was believable, and the story was very good.
-
November 2, 2009Como toda pelicula de guerra esta manipulada en cuanto al reflejo de la historia verdadera. Fuera de eso, esta buena. Buena accion y buenos efectos. Como siempre, los alemanes son los "malos".
-
-
September 29, 2009It was pure movie going fun. I enjoyed it all.
It was also like in the heritage of it's old style preddeseccors.I liked how it was funny, sweet,saddening,and filled with mixed emotions.
It isn't the greatest, but most of us should find it a little fascinating. -
-
Critic Reviews
October 1, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim
September 22, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Flyboys has computer imaging and a fleet of vintage aircraft on its side, but it remains considerably less convincing than Wings (1927), and less exciting. full review
September 22, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The computer-generated flying effects are the only reason to see the movie, but at some point somebody left the computer on too long, so it went ahead and spat out the script. full review
September 22, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
This is spectacle in the grand old style, a bygone shot of adrenaline and grace. full review
September 22, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The movie's straightforward and ingratiating, and as pretty-boy history lessons go, it's a lot less obnoxious than Pearl Harbor. full review
September 21, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Agreeably antiquated and enjoyable to the core, Flyboys is proof that they can, occasionally, make 'em like they used to. full review
Comments
-
July 19, 2008this movie was better than i thought and just imagine yourself driving those airplanes
-
May 19, 2007iv never done this and yes i know i dont type / write good im only 15 but i saw this movie in world history class 2 days ago and i cant get it out my head, i just bought it on dvd i LOVE this movie iv always wanted to be in the airforce so this just makes me want to do it even more but iv seen alot of people talking bad about this movoe IMO there Fn retarded this the greatest movie awesome dogfights i give it 10/10 2 thumbs up is that correct ? o.O
-
April 30, 2007allways2happy I'm sorry but your wrong. They are in fact fighting in WW1. Says so at the beginning of the movie. And Skinner is in fact fighting for the country he calls home.
-
April 15, 2007alot of people in you reviews say there fighting for there country but there not the fighing for france and your saying its WWI it WWII !!!!!!!!!
-
September 23, 2006WARNING: 1 SPOILER!
This movie is AWSOME! I don't even care about the story (which was pretty good) I just wanted to se some planes blow up! Anyway, the best scene of the movie is when Blaine (James Franco) is in a dogfight with a sort-of Darth Vader type pilot. The Darth Vader guy shoots Franco's plane and destroyes his machinegun. He flies next to Franco and and taunts him before getting on his tail to finish him off. As Darth VAder dude starts to fall behind and shoot him, he rolls back to the side of his plane. He has a revolver (there were no parachutes back then, so they commited suicide if their planes caught fire). He pulles out the revolver and shoots the guy right through is eye goggles! What makes this so cool is that is really happened (before they mounted machineguns on their planes they used revolvers and rifles). It was a great movie! See it!!!! -
Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com
Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)
Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)
All Rotten Tomatoes content is used under license from Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes, Certified Fresh, and the Tomatometer are the trademarks of Incfusion Corporation, d/b/a Rotten Tomatoes, a subsidiary of IGN Entertainment, Inc.
