Flyboys
The film is based on a true story. Its about the feat of some young American boys who volunteered for the French army before World War I was happened.
16 December 1980, Hull, Humberside, England, UK
8 July 1959, Lausanne, Switzerland
16 July 1997, Surrey, England, UK
23 April 1969, UK
24 November 1987, Havering, Essex, England, UK
21 August 1958, Margate, Kent, England, UK
9 February 1946
13 May 1946, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK
8 October 1974, Auckland, New Zealand
6 October 1979, London, England, UK
24 January 1987, Dublin, Ireland
4 September 1956, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
29 March 1977, Stockholm, Sweden
19 April 1978, Palo Alto, California, USA
18 June 1949, Long Island, New York, USA
6 July 1979, London, England, UK
1970, Zurich, Switzerland
1982, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England, UK
April 25, 2009
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.
September 25, 2006
Why make such a corny and incredibly predictable film?
September 22, 2006
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.
September 16, 2007
The best of Pearl Harbor meeting the worst of HBO's Band of Brothers.
September 07, 2011
Each air battle has been scripted as a set piece that not only shows off the capabilities of the pilots and their machines, but also advances the plot. Bring your Dramamine!
September 30, 2006
Aafter a while -- there must be six major fights against unending numbers of German planes -- it feels like special effects run amok.
September 22, 2006
The painstaking authenticity and appealing cast of Flyboys can't overcome the cloyingly formulaic nature of its story.
February 01, 2010
It may indeed be inspired by a true story, but what we see onscreen is simply "Star Wars" set in some fantasy French air base circa 1917.
May 10, 2007
This well-produced, engaging film somewhat overreaches itself, trying to turn a crackling adventure into a sweeping emotional epic.
September 22, 2006
Besides some fine dogfight sequences, it often feels threadbare, just an exercise in recycling.
June 12, 2007
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.
September 22, 2006
This is old-school moviemaking, for better or worse, which means rat-a-tat dogfights in the sky combined with overripe romantic and social clichés on the ground.
