A Knight's Tale
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 11, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
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Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
11
Negative:
5
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60
TimeRichard Schickel
The result is half Python, half Ivanhoe--and not as much fun as either. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Would be sweeter if the fair maiden weren't such a pill and more exciting if the villain weren't quite so nasty. Read full review
60
The New York TimesElvis 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
58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Laddish, one joke, genre scrambling rock & roll fairy tale. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
For all its hipness, the movie serves up some awfully old chestnuts. Read full review
50
USA TodaySusan 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. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland 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
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
As advertised, A Knight's Tale does try to rock you. The problem is, it doesn't rock you nearly enough. Read full review
40
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Maybe you have to be 14 to find all of this terribly clever.
40
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Works neither as an exuberant rock 'n' roll picture nor as a heroic fable. It will rock you --straight to sleep. Read full review
40
Village VoiceEd Park
At best harmless, if not quite fun. Read full review
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