A Knight's Tale

Name: A Knight's Tale
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Released: May 11, 2001
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Heath Ledger, Mark Addy

2001

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 11, 2001 | PG-13

Starring: Heath Ledger, Mark Addy

Summary: After serving a number of years as a squire, an earnest young commoner (Heath Ledger) poses as a knight and establishes himself in the jousting tournaments of Europe. He and a princess fall in love, but she is unaware of his deceit and common roots. The false knight is estranged from the princess once his true roots are revealed. HeAfter serving a number of years as a squire, an earnest young commoner (Heath Ledger) poses as a knight and establishes himself in the jousting tournaments of Europe. He and a princess fall in love, but she is unaware of his deceit and common roots. The false knight is estranged from the princess once his true roots are revealed. He struggles to amend their relationship.… Expand

Director: Brian Helgeland

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 132 min

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Michael H. Kleinschrodt

Writer-director Brian Helgeland has created a medieval romp with A Knight's Tale, a joyous entertainment that defies characterization. [11 May 2001, p.10]

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. Read full review

Jami Bernard

With its cheerful hailstorm of anachronisms and classic-rock soundtrack, there's nothing medieval about it. Read full review

David Sterritt

Fine family entertainment. Read full review

Elvis Mitchell

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." Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

This brazen mix of old and new is undermined by the predictable story, shallow characterizations and a dopey sense of humor. Read full review

Ella Taylor

The skits are dreadful, the jokes suck. Read full review

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MadDad

Mar 22, 2013

Wonderful entertaiment, a clever, innovative genre-bending movie this is. Taking the viewers back in history when entertaimentst was executions, drinking and card/dice gaming as well as watching jousting tournaments and when the hot dance tunes were traveling minstrels and the big stars wereWonderful entertaiment, a clever, innovative genre-bending movie this is. Taking the viewers back in history when entertaimentst was executions, drinking and card/dice gaming as well as watching jousting tournaments and when the hot dance tunes were traveling minstrels and the big stars were Knights. So, many scenes start out with the Medieval crowd and music but then segue into the crowd chanting or dancing to modern music connecting the scenes to nowadays standard. The movie was meant to show young people today what the equivalent spectacle was to our own current times. This movie is light, funny, inspiring, educative, positive and probably not todays flavor anymore giving an impression of poetry and medieval gentilhommerie, of honor and respect. The story of a poor stable boy who dares to rise above his station maybe an old one but Heath Ledger is wonderful. And Paul Bettany as Geoffrey Chaucer steals the show. The dialogues are witty and sly, literate, moving and emotional. And the comradery of the gang of jousters is a joy to experience. I strongly advise you to watch this movie...and take your kids with you they can learn something!… Expand

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oblique15

Mar 2, 2013

I loved it, You have to go in with an open mind. The movie does not take it self to serious, has music way ahead of it`s time. I find it to be a classic, cause I have watched it on TV several times after, never gets old.