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The Last Legion
Metascore
37 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
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  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    63
    While not exactly in the same league as the visually dazzling "Excalibur" and saddled with cheap looking CGI effects, this Anglo-Italian co-production has quite a bit of fun finding a direct path from the fall of Rome to the birth of Arthurian legend.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    50
    The film is nothing to be ashamed of (especially if you're Kingsley). But it's as if everybody involved knows what the deal is.
  3. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    50
    When a movie wants to be sold as a spectacle, it had better deliver something more spectacular than this.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    50
    Every once in a while, though, Firth's eyebrow hints, Can you believe I'm wearing this dorky leather breastplate?
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    50
    Not as bad as it sounds nor as good as it might have been.
  6. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    50
    Though it's never wise to underestimate the power or universal appeal of Rai's cleavage and lustrous hair, that's about all that sets the doggedly mediocre The Last Legion apart from every other sword-and-sandal epic about the origins of Camelot.
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    40
    Lackluster and decidedly old-fashioned (in the worst way).
  8. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jim Ridley
    40
    Second-rate sword-and-sorcery saga.
  9. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    40
    This might have made a good children's film.
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    40
    Seriously hampered by glaring inconsistencies of tone and intent, and often feels like a series of highlights carved out of a much longer epic.
  11. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Liam Lacey
    38
    Distinctly humdrum, The Last Legion, a boy's adventure story that seems to have been dragged out of the vaults of some early-sixties TV series.
  12. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    11
    The Last Legion offers guilty-pleasure fun in a cheesy, very De Laurentiis way (much like 1976's Mandingo rip-off Drum), but, in the end, it's just not a very inspired or well-conceived film, despite Kingsley's strangely endearing turn as the proto-Merlin.
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5.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 5 out of 17
  1. Rekha
    0
    Horrible acting. Laughable costumes. Pathetic dialogue. Lame direction. This is an insult to actors and filmmakers.
  2. GeneW.
    0
    The worst movie of the year. Worst movie of last year. Probably the worst movie of next year. Badly edited, it makes almost no sense and wastes a good cast. Terrible doesn't quite capture how awful this movie truly is.… Full Review »
  3. DustyS.
    1
    One of the worst movies I have ever seen! From the low production quality to the weak story and overdone character stereotypes, this movie could hardly be more disappointing.… Full Review »
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