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61
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56
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Knight's Tale, A
Columbia Pictures
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for action violence, some nudity and brief sex-related dialogue
Starring
Heath Ledger,
Mark Addy,
Rufus Sewell,
Paul Bettany,
Shannyn Sossamon,
Alan Tudyk,
Laura Fraser,
and
Christopher Cazenove
Set in medieval times, this is the oddball, sometimes awe-inspiring story of a rookie (Ledger) discovering if he is the stuff of which legends are made. (Columbia Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Adventure
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Brian Helgeland
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Brian Helgeland
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 25, 2001
Video: September 28, 2001
Theatrical: May 11, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
132 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
Actually lighter, wittier, and more original than it has a right to be.

80
New Times (L.A.)
Gregory Weinkauf
Smart, wry and awesome, all at once.

80
Film.com
Gemma Files
What ensues is never exactly unpredictable, but always witty, fresh and fun.

80
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Savvy without being smug, cute without being saccharin, and funny without slipping into over-the-top goofiness, this is a 14th-century good time.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
More often than not, it's fun.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's a reminder of the days before films got so cynical and unrelentingly violent. A Knight's Tale is whimsical, silly and romantic.

75
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
Though the picture is definitely flawed, it maintains a joie de vivre that's surprisingly refreshing.

75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
A Knight's Tale, will either repel you or win you over. It won me over.

75
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
With its cheerful hailstorm of anachronisms and classic-rock soundtrack, there's nothing medieval about it.

70
Slate
David Edelstein
Simply a jolly good (k)night out.

70
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
A Knight's Tale wasn't made for people like me. It was made for the kids of summer.
70
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
The action scenes are beautifully mounted and photographed and offer a sense of the rigors of the sport.

70
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
It's a dumb summer movie done with smarts.

63
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
There's much to love about this "Rocky" on horseback, and those laughable blemishes just fold into jokes that Helgeland likely intends audiences to laugh at.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
A bewildering but never boring yarn.
63
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Fine family entertainment.

60
Time
Richard Schickel
The result is half Python, half Ivanhoe--and not as much fun as either.

60
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
The picture itself is good-humored, but bland and predictable. It's a cross between an All-American vaudevillian version of "Shakespeare in Love" and Mel Brooks's "Robin Hood: Men in Tights."

60
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Would be sweeter if the fair maiden weren't such a pill and more exciting if the villain weren't quite so nasty.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Laddish, one joke, genre scrambling rock & roll fairy tale.

50
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
As advertised, A Knight's Tale does try to rock you. The problem is, it doesn't rock you nearly enough.

50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
This brazen mix of old and new is undermined by the predictable story, shallow characterizations and a dopey sense of humor.

50
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
For all its hipness, the movie serves up some awfully old chestnuts.

50
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
From the moment he trudges through the woods in his scratched and smudged birthday suit, Paul Bettany as a saucy Geoffrey Chaucer takes command.

40
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Works neither as an exuberant rock 'n' roll picture nor as a heroic fable. It will rock you --straight to sleep.

40
Village Voice
Ed Park
At best harmless, if not quite fun.

40
Newsweek
David Ansen
Maybe you have to be 14 to find all of this terribly clever.
38
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
The result is as flat as a year-old beer commercial.

30
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Traditionalists and older viewers in general will scoff, while pop culture addicts will no doubt go with the flow.

25
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
A Middle Ages "Rocky" that spares no cliche in its unduly long, 2 1/4 hours.
25
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
The film's one saving grace is Ledger (Mel Gibson's son in "The Patriot").

20
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
The skits are dreadful, the jokes suck.


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