ccmiller1492 Review of Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy (2003)

TV miniseries is far inferior to the Warner Bros. 1956 Robert Wise epic

[6/10 · 3 January 2004]

This mini-series was a major disappointment and doesn't hold a candle to the wonderful 1956 Warner Bros. version directed by Robert Wise. These characters are very flat and miscast with the exception of Agamemnon and Menelaus. This tilts the interest solely to the Greek side. The only laudable bits were the sequences of sacrificing Iphigenia and the final vengeance of Klytemnestra. Other than that, give me Jacques Sernas, Rossana Podesta, Stanley Baker et al in the much preferable 1956 version.