Allied - Film Review

What: Allied Release Date: 26 December Featuring: Marion Cottilard and Brad Pitt Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard Allied is a World War II Romance of the style we have not seen come out of Hollywood since the middle of the last century. Featuring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard , this movie strongly references the 1942 classic Casablanca . The story is based around two spies - Max Vatan (Pitt) and Marianne Beausejour (Cotillard) - who find themselves working together on an operation in Casablanca and posing as husband and wife. Everything about these opening scenes are unabashedly referential to the 1942 movie, from the cinematography, the colour grading which references film noir, and the second unit cinematography. Lacking subtlety, but highly referential is the dust storm surrounding the spies as they break protocol and have sex because they may die the next day. Pitt and Cotillard also base their characters on Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman . Unfortunately, Pitt&