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The Three Musketeers
U/A (INDIA)
2011
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Positive Reviews
17
Negative reviews
46
Average Rating
2.1
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2.2
Beyond being unable to decide what kind of Musketeers movie it wants to be, Andersons adaptation seems determined to underachieve as both heavy specta ..
Av Club
1.5
It takes a particular kind of actor to pull off the deceptively difficult archetype of the plucky young upstart, and Lerman doesnt manage it.
Den Of Geek
2.5
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa PG 13 runtime 110 minutes Wide Release Date 10/21/11 performer Logan Lerman, Matthew MacFadyen, Ray Stevenson ..
EW
1.5
The film may have its fun moments but this adaptation does nothing more than make these Three Musketeers look like a bunch of Stooges.
We Got This Covered
2.0
Have we retained nothing of the lessons of Hudson Hawk Like that early Nineties comical disaster, The Three Musketeers hinges on the secret machinatio ..
Austin Chronicle
1.5
But with otherwise charming actors, elaborate costumes, and clearly a lot of money to blow, its a shame Anderson couldnt have teased out a coherent st ..
Cinema Blend
2.0
Fortunately, most of the cast and crew seem well aware of the films utter ridiculousness, and play along with campy enthusiasm.
Ny Daily News
0.5
Theyre calling this an updating of Alexandre Dumas classic tale for modern audiences.
JoBlo
1.9
All the borderline pantomime acting and wigged buffoonery is deliberate and silly, but The Three Musketeers remains charmless, a romp brought down by ..
The Globe And Mail
1.0
This is a once in a lifetime fiasco, an epic fail like none we have seen this year, a bad idea by a very bad director and a career crippling credit fo ..
Rogers Movie Nation
1.8
10 1 4 / 10 Alexandre Dumass novel The Three Musketeers has been adapted for the big screen countless times, finding great success (Richard Lesters 19 ..
Blu Ray
1.0
But this one is overblown, over dressed, and grandiosely dopey, packed with gargantuan sets and ludicrous action scenes and shot in unusually dark and ..
Chicago Reader
3.5
The end result is an almost prototypical guilty pleasure that fares better than most contemporary blockbusters, with the movies refreshingly brisk run ..
Reel Film Reviews
1.0
Gaudy and vulgar, the movie might almost pass for a spoof if it werent so completely humorless (Anderson has never been noted for wit or subtlety).
News Review
3.0
And I know if the more serious movie connoisseurs in my inner circle get wind that I saw it and enjoyed the heck out of it, theyll scoff at me and sha ..
Screen It
1.0
You wouldnt mind the foolish anachronisms, the lazy slapstick or the boy band casting if any of it raised a smile, but the unholy script alliance of A ..
Independent
1.0
Rip off Pirates of the Caribbean to your hearts content, filmmakers, but leave poor Dumas out of it.
The Wrap
1.0
On top of that, the film just isnt any fun all the comedy moments fall flat, while the supposedly cool steampunk elements are just ridiculous and the ..
View London
1.0
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Hindustan Times
3.0
Its as though the screenplay was brainstormed by Alexandre Dumas and Jules Verne...pure multiplex mulch, as disposable as it is entertaining.
Smh
3.0
So dumb and goofy and ridiculous that its actually kind of hard not to like on those terms.
Mountain X
2.0
Nothing looks as messy as an unbuckled swash, and sadly thats what we get here.
Guardian
2.0
There have been endless film versions of Dumass swashbuckling novel since Douglas Fairbankss 1921 The Three Musketeers, the best of which is Dick Lest ..
Guardian
1.0
In the ultimate in hubris, the movie even cheats us of a decent ending and threatens us instead with a sequel.
Daily Mail
2.0
Anyone expecting a sophisticated, adult, and masterful adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel will have to wait a lot longer as Anderson is mostly co ..
Cinema Crazed
3.0
Also, lil D aside, the Musketeers are well cast, and enjoy an easy chemistry enough for us to actually not dread the likelihood of a sequel.Actually, ..
Empire
2.0
Beyond its energy and some very nice costumes it doesnt have much going for it.
Eye For Film
2.5
Even the Hong Kong inspired but badly edited swordfights lack tension and suspense.
Susang Ranger
2.0
For an epic swashbuckler, this classic adventure is disappointing and downright soporific.
Common Sense Media
4.0
Relaxed studio censorship met up with the fun and occasional raunchiness of the classic prose, while very good stuntwork, charismatic acting, fleet di ..
Common Sense Media
3.8
After the bumpy first scenes with dArtagnan, however, if you consider yourself an open minded viewer, youll find yourself slowly overcome with the opi ..
Slant Magazine
1.5
eaden where it should be light... It is graceless and charmless. It reels from the painful banter. It is the epitome of empty soulless corporate filmm ..
Flickfilosopher
1.0
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Total Film
2.0
Rather like Ridley Scotts Robin Hood, Andersons picture ends just as its story should really be kicking into life theres an unmistakable and frustrati ..
Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Doomed to be referenced as an example of everything wrong with 21st cinema, The Three Musketeers is like a banana split prepared with in a blender. It ..
Coles Mithey
2.0
The problem is a running series of modifications meant to bring the funny and the cool, but merely brings on a headache.
Herald Sun
2.0
Its fun for a Saturday afternoon viewing, but it will ultimately go down in the annals of movie history as yet another forgettable adaptation.
7M Pictures
3.5
Screenwriters Alex Litvak and Andrew Davies have concocted a lively mix of humour, sword play, action, romance and drama to bring to the screen a ramb ..
Urban Cine File
1.5
This is a wretched and dull film, with substandard special effects.
The Age
4.5
An enjoyable romp reminiscent of some of Hollywoods Golden Age excursions.
Cine Vue
2.0
But Paul WS Andersons take on Alexandre Dumas swashbuckling characters winds up being as much fun as putting your privates in a guillotine.
Mirror
3.1
I would never call this version a classic, but I was fairly entertained by it. Should a sequel be made, as the ending so clearly anticipates, I would ..
Three Movie Buffs
1.0
The swashbuckling nature of the premise should have ensured more visceral thrills than what is delivered.
Digital Spy
1.9
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, who also did the Resident Evil movies, this is a picture thats filled with ideas, so its never boring and never feels ..
Christianity Today
1.5
If you dont know the story, then theres very little chance youre going to venture into the theatre anyway.
2.0
Just because source material is beloved, why does it need to be remade over and over again.Perhaps Paul W. S. Andersons new take on the legendary trio ..
Hollywood Chicago
2.0
The action scenes are adequately staged and theres some impressive visuals, particularly a medieval airship (designed by Leonardo Da Vinci no less) cr ..
Sky
2.5
I may be wrong, but this doesnt feel like the next Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
Bitly
1.0
Later, when Paul had some movies of his own, that is to say adaptations of video games, in the form of Resident Evil and its four hundred thousand seq ..
The Ooh Tray
1.5
While youre busy looking at the special effects, youll begin to notice that theres not really anything in the way of substance like a well thought out ..
0.5
It looks more like a dress rehearsal for a period drama than a film.
Rediff
4.0
Unfortunately, that dour description also fits the film itself, with The Three Musketeers a modern matinee mess.
Trespass Mag
1.0
You might mistake the sound of swashbuckling for what it really is: Alexandre Dumas spinning in his grave. Much closer to Pirates of the Caribbean lit ..
Qc Times
2.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
3.0
I wanted big and ludicrous and silly, with swords and airships. Thats pretty much what I got.
Need Coffee
1.0
Paul W. S. Andersons take on the Dumas classic is almost like the cinematic equivalent of CliffsNotes.
Critics Notebook
2.5
But I think the Spider Man mythology transcends not only generations but directors as well.
Eclipse Magazine
1.0
Mortal Kombat was drivel, but it was fun drivel and is probably still one of the best computer game adaptations (granted thats a low bar).
Entertainment Ie
4.0
The Three Musketeers is a jolly romp, plying comedy, action and romance with a healthy dose of skullduggery and heaving bosoms.
Liver Pool Echo
3.0
The way the second half descends into raw violence without any genuinely cinematic tension illustrates why you wont be missing anything should you dec ..
Birmingham Mail
1.5
This isnt a classic high brow adaptation of an enduring piece of Western literature.
Fanboys of the Universe
2.0
A rousing tale that resonates throughout the ages, its been adapted into more than 30 different film versions over the past 100 years.
American Profile
1.5
A frequent choice for transposing fiction into film, The Three Musketeers returns as an action filled, slight diversion.
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) ..
4.5
Anderson has crafted a beautiful and rambunctious film that is in many ways a lot more fun than the last few Disney Pirates of the Caribbean films.
Spectrum (St. George, Utah ..
5.0
It seems to be succeeding with both public and reviewers.Im glad, but a trifle surprised.
Parallax View
1.5
Anderson doesnt use 3D as well as he did in Resident Evil: Afterlife, still the best 3D implementation of the device Ive ever seen (yes, even better t ..
Deep Focus Review
3.5
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