Based on the epic true story of Louis Zamperini, the Universal Pictures drama pulled in $15.5 million on Christmas. Considering the film was, at best, looking at $30 million for the four-day frame that's a tremendous start. "Unbroken" features no I need to start by acknowledging that Louie Zamperini—the man whose story is told in … Read more
Angelina Jolie knew she was going to have to make some trims. The first cut of Unbroken, her sweeping World War II epic about the true-life adventures of Louis Zamperini — the U.S. airman who survived getting shot down Angelina Jolie has taken former POW and Olympic runner Louis Zamperini's incredible story and put it … Read more
New York — I wanted to like the movie because I love the book. Laura Hillenbrand's bestseller, “Unbroken,” is a classic. While I had heard reports that the turning point in the book never made it to film, I attended a pre-release screening with an There's some stark poetry in the opening scenes of Angelina … Read more
And while Angelina Jolie's sophomore directorial debut “Unbroken” employs all these elements liberally, she often strains its uses, and this dutiful, curiously hollow picture cannot inspire much feeling outside of admiration for the man who endured While The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies rose back to No. 1 Friday with $15.7 million, Rob … Read more
A great true story is telescoped down to a merely good one in Unbroken. After a dynamite first half-hour, Angelina Jolie's accomplished second outing as a director slowly loses steam as it chronicles the inhuman dose of The Interview ended a crazy week with gusto, but it's Angelina Jolie who conquered the Christmas Day box … Read more
Will “Unbroken,” the new movie about the trials and tribulations suffered by American Olympian Louis Zamperini during World War II, be remembered for its story and subject matter, or because it's the second feature film directed by none other than NEW YORK — I wanted to like the movie because I love the book. Laura … Read more
"Unbroken," the remarkable true story of Olympic runner and World War II hero Louis Zamperini, is finally making it to the silver screen. In her second feature as a director, Angelina Jolie does justice to Zamperini's harrowing tale of survival I need to start by acknowledging that Louie Zamperini—the man whose story is told in … Read more
A great true story is telescoped down to a merely good one in Unbroken. After a dynamite first half-hour, Angelina Jolie's accomplished second outing as a director slowly loses steam as it chronicles the inhuman dose of This is the relentless, unflagging — and yet, never repetitive — pace of “Unbroken,” a moving, inspirational, slightly … Read more
Unbroken, the film, begins with the trouble-making son of Italian immigrants, chronicles his unlikely and meteoric rise to fame as an Olympian, displays some of the unspeakable horrors of war, and highlights the resilience and Clarence Douglas (Stephen J. Douglas) and Harry Brooks (Spencer Lofranco) man their guns aboard a B-24 bomber in "Unbroken," a … Read more