Phew! They don't make them like this any more. Come to think of it, they never have made them quite like this. A most unfamiliar return to the familiar.

For all the effort poured into period recreation, the world of the film remains abstract, bordering on fantasy.

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard bring elegant performances to an intelligent and stylish picture, which gradually reveals a profound emotional resonance under its outward restraint.

Allied shows Zemeckis hasn't lost his sense of humour. He may, however, have lost his groove.