Review of Troy (2004) by Daniel Mendelsohn for The New York Review of Books — 19 Aug 2018
The real problem with Petersen and Benioff's reductive ideological updating of the epic story they tell is organic, not pedantic: the "realism" they've opted for goes against the grain of the genre they're working in.
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This review of Troy (2004) was written by Daniel Mendelsohn and published by The New York Review of Books on 19 August 2018.
Troy has generally received positive reviews.
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