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Movie Overview
Cast
Heath Ledger
Mark Addy
Paul Bettany
Director
Brian Helgeland
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - For action violence, some nudity, and brief sex-related dialogue.
A Knight's Tale (2001)
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OFCS Rating: 65% Fresh
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3.5/5
"A reasonably good time and a novel experiment, and nary a whit beyond."
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
C-
"Endless jousting tournaments transpire with lots of balsa wood jousting poles splintering across the screen. It's a classic example of a "'what-on-earth-were-they-thinking" movie that no group of filmmakers and actors could have ever pulled off with much"
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
3/4
"While the film progresses in a conventional manner, there's a quirky and somewhat unique sensibility that keeps emerging."
Lawrence Journal-World
Dan Lybarger
2/4
"...this is the kind of movie that has no interest whatsoever in at least operating inside respectable boundaries."
Cinemaphile.org
David Keyes
3/4
"...surprisingly intelligent summer fare..."
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
2.5/4
"A rollicking good show that dazzles each and every time writer-director Helgeland treats the audience to another classic rock song."
DustinPutman.com
Dustin Putman
B+
"You just go with it, and you have fun."
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
0/4
"A Knight’s Tale is a boil on the festering malignant state of the cinema and it should be lanced immediately."
eFilmCritic.com
Erik Childress
C+
"Aimed not at grownups, but at persons of adolescent tastes, whatever their physical age."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
"Brian Helgeland has taken the familiar elements of knighthood tales of adventure and given them some rowdy and refreshing new twists."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
1.5/4
"Most of the time we're laughing at the movie not with it."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
2.5/4
"It's all so carefully calculated that none of its feels organic or fresh, yet it's fun in its own way."
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
7/10
"
A Knight's Tale
looks and sounds pretty darned good in Blu-ray."
DVDTown.com
James Plath
4/10
"Overloaded with plot where it doesn't need any ... Its latter acts detract from a movie that could have stood up for itself with its funny irreverance."
Window to the Movies
Jeffrey Chen
"Unarguably no great piece of filmmaking,
A Knight's Tale
manages to be moderately entertaining and enjoyable within its own set of parameters."
Screen It!
Jim Judy
7/10
"A sure-to-be crowd pleaser."
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
JoBlo
5/5
"
A Knight's Tale
- a funny and enjoyable tale, indeed."
3BlackChicks Review
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
2
"Like Shrek, A Knight's Tale takes its soundtrack from pop songs of today, but, not at all like Shrek, A Knight's Tale is insulting, boring, and sad."
Cinerina
Karina Montgomery
B
""A Knight's Tale" is a bold melding of a modern rock score and culture with the medieval jousting tournament circuit of the 14th century."
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
8/10
"Corazón de Caballero no aspira al Oscar; se trata de una realización netamente con la marca de Hollywwod. Pero sin duda es un buen producto."
Cinenganos
Luis Martinez
2.5/5
"This brazen mix of old and new is undermined by the predictable story, shallow characterizations and a dopey sense of humor that evokes
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
without actually being especially funny."
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Maitland McDonagh
2.5/4
"While this risk has its pay-offs and its flaws, overall, the film is predictable and clichéd, and I more than once had a feeling of
déjà vu
."
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
3/4
"The flaws are there, and you can predict the outcome, but somehow it doesn't seem to matter that much in the midst of all the fun."
Movie Habit
Marty Mapes
"The execution is nothing short of embarrassing."
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
3/4
"The jousting scenes are incredible to watch."
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
4/5
"Leave skepticism behind and it will rock you."
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Nell Minow
4/5
"For all its mainstream exertions,
A Knight's Tale
is actually something of an experimental melding of old and new."
eFilmCritic.com
Rob Gonsalves
C
"the sort of film that junior high school students will adore... and then rent ten years from now and wonder what they were thinking."
Flipside Movie Emporium
Rob Vaux
3/4
"A story of creative anachronisms"
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
3/10
"The anachronistic music I can deal with. It was the sheer boredom that annoyed me."
eFilmCritic.com
Scott Weinberg
B-
"The kind of silly feel-good popcorn movie that film critics generally enjoy ripping apart, and mainstream audiences generally just enjoy."
Decent Films Guide
Steven D. Greydanus
""Viewing the 14th century through a 21st century lens. it's original and inventive. Like a high-school Renaissance fair, it celebrates the youth in all of us.""
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Susan Granger
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Philadelphia City Paper
Cynthia Fuchs
B
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Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
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Betty Jo Tucker
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Eugene Novikov
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Felix Vasquez Jr.
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Rich Cline
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