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A Knights Tale
M (AUSTRALIA)
2001
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A Knights Tale
Positive Reviews
32
Negative reviews
9
Average Rating
3.2
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3.0
Smirking at the audacity of it all is part of the fun, and if nothing else, A Knights Tale is a hell of a lot of fun.
Austin Chronicle
3.5
I didnt expect to like this film, I expected to be bored, I expected lame action sequences, but ultimately, this film surprised me.It was entertaining ..
JoBlo
3.5
Brian Helgeland has taken the familiar elements of knighthood tales of adventure and given them some rowdy and refreshing new twists.
Spirituality And Practice
2.5
A 14th century comic fairy tale about an ambitious young peasant who proves that aristocracy comes from the heart, not the bloodline.
Tv Guide
3.8
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Writer director Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) delivers a breezy,lightweight romp perfect for a summer after ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.1
While this risk has its pay offs and its flaws, overall, the film is predictable and cliched, and I more than once had a feeling of deja vu.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
But this Tale is nothing if not deadly serious about its playful approach.
Usa Today
3.8
When it keeps to the point, however, the film is quite fun indeed a classic example of being mindlessly entertaining without being stupid.
Eric Ds Nider
2.5
Unarguably no great piece of filmmaking, A Knights Tale manages to be moderately entertaining and enjoyable within its own set of parameters, and thus ..
Screen It
3.5
But the films hugely enjoyable anyway theres enough intelligent wit and physical goofiness to keep us smiling, and the occasional shift to serious dra ..
Shadows On The Wall
3.5
The rock n roll soundtrack adds a special frisson to A Knights Tale, the familiar tale of a peasant (Heath Ledger) who becomes a knight in 14th centur ..
Film Journal
4.0
But its an enjoyable romp and Heath Ledger is a likeably vulnerable hero and Mark Addy a good natured realistic foil.
Guardian
4.0
But A Knights Tale is the first flick of this genre to draw me in as more than a spectator and give me a you are there feeling.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.1
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Throughout Sicario: Day of the Soldado, characters talk about things needing to be clean, which pretty much means that a l ..
Q Network
2.8
And inevitably, with such an Olde Chestnut plot, A Knights Tale loses energy even as lances fly.
Ew
1.5
Unmotivated storyline, bad love interest situation, dull leading man, quick plot with no set up. Lazy movie.
Cinema Crazed
4.0
This is Ivanhoe crossed with Rocky for a new generation, and its great silly movie fun.
Common Sense Media
3.8
Give this tired old horse doses of populism, high spirits and unabashed sentiment, as well as a rock soundtrack.
Sf Gate
4.0
Such memorable moments pepper a bright, entertaining film that wanders off the beaten track and back again, unseating most of its bigger budgeted summ ..
Bbc
3.0
Blanchard blows his way through these songs with charming, restrained invention and a pure, vivid tone.
Time
4.0
Its disarming lightheartedness, its complete belief in its own conceit, could appeal to any audience.
Washington Post
2.5
Musicals are already a hard sell in this cynical day and age, let alone one that dares to take the genre to even greater escapist extremes.
Mr Brown Movies
3.1
The characters all boast modern values and attitudes, and are all the more easily relatable due to this fact.
The Movie Boy
3.5
The attractive, likable cast and excellent production values overcome the sometimes overly hip screenplay.
Reeling Reviews
1.5
Its a hideous mouthful, true, but the same could be said for A Knights Tale.
Flickfilosopher
1.9
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture.
ReelViews
2.5
The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and Linda Cardellini, along with director Michael Chaves, share some personal La ..
Calendar Live
2.5
And newcomer Sossamon displays a delightful sense of wit in her romantic scenes with Ledgers clumsy though earnest knight and gives off an aura of sel ..
Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Hes a good actor and a likable enough personality that he may even survive this misguided first star vehicle.
Seattle Pi
2.2
A Knights Tale is a cinematic defilement that plays under a banner of a rock & roll fairy tale.
Coles Mithey
3.5
The results at best are highly uneven, but still interesting. At worst they are strained and repetitive. It all depends on your tolerance level toward ..
Cnn
3.8
It doesnt change the fact that the film has a shelf life of maybe 10 years before it will seem so laughably dated people seeing it for the first time ..
Spliced Wire
3.8
Nevertheless, A Knights Tale is surprisingly intelligent summer fare, when what usually passes for entertainment is as brainless as an episode of Sout ..
Reel Film
3.8
Its the little things.For one, the jousting, impressive as it is for its realism, sometimes lacks the look of skill.
Movie Habit
3.5
Also, the movie is so unpretentious that it seems to be laughing at itself at times, which is an attribute that certainly gives it an edge over most o ..
Deseret News
5.0
Despite its silly premise and execution, I found myself totally lost and in utter enjoyment, watching this simple and ludicrous tale of the squire tur ..
Three Movie Buffs
3.8
Charges out of the gates with spirit and daring, loses a bit of its thrust as joust is by nature repetitive; but never loses its mighty sense of humor ..
Ross Anthony
1.0
There are worse crimes than crowd pleasing, but at least do it with some finesse.The movies jousting scenes and there are a lot of them are botched on ..
News Week
2.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
4.0
Its sickeningly sweet love story is perhaps its most annoying aspect; however, a story like this, set in this time, seems almost to command this type ..
Film Quips Online
3.2
The kind of silly feel good popcorn movie that film critics generally enjoy ripping apart, and mainstream audiences generally just enjoy.
Decent Films
2.5
the sort of film that junior high school students will adore... and then rent ten years from now and wonder what they were thinking.
Flip Side Archive
4.0
Brandon Reilly wears his Bills blue collar proudly Wide receiver Brandon Reilly spent most of last year on the Bills practice squad, but this season h ..
Rochester Goes Out
3.8
A Knights Tale wont slay the Mummy, but its a noble seller of popcorn.
Nitrate Online
4.5
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I Film
3.5
We stood, the three of us, at the corner of Kellogg Boulevard and Washington Street, considering our many potential directives.Among them: Take a phot ..
Ent Twin Cities
2.0
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