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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.""  www.susangranger.com  Susan Granger

Read review  Philadelphia City Paper  Cynthia Fuchs

B
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OFCS Rating: 65% Fresh
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