Wings
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Wings (1927)

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7.6
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 20,773 votes
8.0/10 3,925 votes Synced 2026-07-18
7.5/10 16,490 votes Synced 2026-08-20
Audience 6.5/10 15 votes Synced 2026-07-19
Critics 7.8/10 Synced 2026-07-19
Audience 7.9/10 Synced 2026-07-17
Critics 9.4/10 Synced 2026-07-17
7.2/10 343 votes Synced 2026-09-12

External reviews

Irene Thirer · New York Daily News 100.00/100.00

This is a great and glorious movie, and its makers have a right to be proud of themselves.

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Kyle Bain · Film Threat 90.00/100.00

Cinema has come a long way since the 1920s, so there’s no way to compare a product from that time to a similar one from the modern-day with any equitability. Wings, however, stands the test of time and remains a masterpiece.

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Jamie S. Rich · Portland Oregonian 83.00/100.00

Don't let its age fool you -- Wings is no rickety antique. Wellman' s aerial battle scenes remain impressive, even in the digital age. Bow is charming and terribly funny, especially when trying to rescue Rogers from a Parisian brothel. The boys are quite good, too, but their efforts pale next to a brief cameo by Gary Cooper, who positively smolders as the existential rookie who makes his own luck.

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Mordaunt Hall · The New York Times 80.00/100.00

Amazing air duels and an impressive study of aviators are depicted in Wings, Paramount's epic of the flying fighters of the World War.

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Marjorie Baumgarten · Austin Chronicle 78.00/100.00

The film stars “It Girl” Clara Bow and a very young Gary Cooper in a WWI love triangle, but the film’s real highlight is its spectacular aerial photography.

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Noel Murray · The A.V. Club 91.00/100.00

Wings is primarily a grand spectacle, with an ingenious piece of visual storytelling rolling along every few minutes.

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Josh Larsen · LarsenOnFilm 88.00/100.00

Sure, this is mostly propaganda, a self-described memorial to the men who sacrificed their lives in World War I, but at the same time it’s honest enough to include a scene—60 years before Born on the Fourth of July—in which a returning soldier makes a tearful confession to the family of a lost pilot.

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Staff (Not Credited) · Time Out 80.00/100.00

A spectacular tribute to the American flyers of World War I, born of Wellman's and John Monk Saunders' own experiences with the Lafayette Flying Corps, it's distinguished by matchless aerial photography, logistically-detailed battle scenes and dogfights, a unique blend of 'European' directorial touches with Hollywood pace, and solid performances holding the straightforward love/duty/camaraderie plotline together.

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Philip French · The Observer (UK) 80.00/100.00

A mixture of melodrama, sentimental romance and heavy-handed comedy, Wings was superbly choreographed with skilfully photographed stunt flying and aerial combat.

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