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  • Flyboys - favorable review by Medved (but panned by others)

    09/22/2006 4:32:22 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 38 replies · 704+ views
    MichaelMedved.com ^ | September 22, 2006 | Michael Medved
    In Flyboys, young Americans volunteer for the French Air Corps in World War I. And this genuinely thrilling movie makes it look like fun, telling the true story of the famed Lafayette Escadrille that engaged in often-deadly aerial combat just one decade after airplanes were invented. One veteran flyer explains why each pilot gets a revolver: This is a stirring, old-fashioned war movie with vivid characters, involving flyboy James Franco and French farm girl Jennifer Decker. Rated a mild PG-13 for wartime action and brief sex references but suitable for all viewers over ten...