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69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
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  1. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Charles Taylor
    90
    A delight from top to bottom, packed with romance, adventure, beautifully executed swordplay and a sumptuous period look.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    Splendid entertainment, young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    80
    Movie is over-the-top but enjoyable entertainment.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    80
    Great sword fights, great acting, fabulous sword fights and, of course, really cool sword fights.
  5. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    80
    This is effective as straight-ahead, action-packed storytelling, losing some of its energy only in the final stretch.
  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    75
    It revives an innocently pleasurable genre - shades of Burt Lancaster and Errol Flynn - that combines lusty adventure, humor, the great outdoors and satisfying storytelling without having to concoct it in a special-effects lab.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    75
    Generally delightful, and reminiscent of two vanished ages: when men were men, and when movies were movies.
  8. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    75
    A big, gorgeous, sprawling swashbuckler that delivers its diversions in grand, uncomplicated fashion.
  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    75
    The story is a mess. But On Guard was directed by the reliable Philippe de Broca, who imbues the whole affair with high-calorie silliness.
  10. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    70
    There's terrific chemistry between Perez and Auteuil.
  11. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    70
    Mr. de Broca's film is full of durable cinematic pleasures: a little sex, a lot of sword fighting and a plot that combines heady passion with complicated political intrigue.
  12. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    60
    Consistently enjoyable, if rarely exceptional, mass entertainment.
  13. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Allison Benedikt
    50
    De Broca never develops the transforming love onscreen and ends up with an awkward and indigestible movie.
  14. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
    50
    The film is never less than lovely to gaze upon, shot in saturated colors, richly appointed in period trappings and peopled only by the very beautiful. But it is also, by its end, too silly to take seriously.
  15. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    40
    de Broca's efficient fencing-mania melodrama brings little that's original to the table.
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