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54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critics What's this?

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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 62 Ratings

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  • Starring: Heath Ledger, Mark Addy
  • Summary: 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)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 32
  3. Negative: 5 out of 32
  1. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    80
    Actually lighter, wittier, and more original than it has a right to be.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    60
    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."
  3. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    38
    The result is as flat as a year-old beer commercial.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 26
  3. Negative: 4 out of 26
  1. DaleH.
    9
    I thought it was a very funny, different way of telling a story of medieval times with some modern attributes, the Nike signs was the best (product placement).… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. MrCinnamon
    8
    This film was a fantastic example of originality. The story was a very ingenious take on the tale from Geoffrey Chaucer, and bringing him into the story was a grand gamble. The scenes of jousting are top notch cinemetography, and the script is witty. A great comedy, well worth watching.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. NickS
    3
    I thought this would be an entertaining popcorn film but it so wasn't. I laughed at most of the scenes and the music was so not fitting. When "We Will Rock You" started playing, it wasn't that bad because it was in the soundtrack. But then the people on-screen start clapping and stomping and SINGING, it became ridiculous. Ledger still amazes me that he has a career and Rufus Sewell depresses me for being in such garbage. How he has gone from "Hamlet" to "Dark City" to this crap is beyond me. The friends of the knight are the sole entertainment in this entire film. And that is barely enough to make this film watchable.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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