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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

1991

Kevin Reynolds

Kevin Costner, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman ...

6.5

71,015

Adventure After being captured by Turks during the Crusades, Robin of Locksley and a Moor, Azeem, escape back to England where Azeem vows to remain until he repays Robin for saving his life. Meanwhile, Robin's father has been murdered by the Sheriff of Nottingham and when Robin returns home he vows to avenge his father's death. Even though Marian, his childhood friend, cannot help him, he escapes to the Forest of Sherwood where he joins a band of ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"A mess, a big, long, joyless reconstruction of the Robin Hood legend (...) It's a measure of how muddled the movie is that the only two entertaining characters are subsidiary [Marian and Azeem]"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A murky, unfocused, violent and depressing version of the classic story (...) The amount of gore is appalling (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Jeremy Conrad IGN	"[It] is one of those movies that while bad, can be enjoyed because it's a campy action film that's a lot of fun."	NEU
United States	Variety	"Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood is a Robin of wood. Murky and uninspired (...) Lackluster script"	NEG
United States	Simon Brew Den of Geek	"This was one of the most downright enjoyable blockbusters of the 1990s. And still is (...) Energetic, flowing, and really good fun (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Philip Thomas Empire	"It's fun and frantic, although the wit (...) falls way short of an Indy or a Terminator, and nearly everything that happens has been done before, and better, in movies from 'Beetlejuice' to 'Die Hard' (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Colette Maude Time Out	"The mix of comedy, '90s sensibility, and swashbuckling action is more hit than miss, even if the overall effect is rather slapdash."	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"As a piece of escapism, this deluxe, action-heavy, 2-hour-and-21-minute 'Robin Hood' gets the job done (...) It’s a rouser without a rousing hero. Costner (...) is not an impassioned Robin Hood"	NEU
United Kingdom	Alex von Tunzelmann The Guardian	"Improbable sidekicks, suspect geography and terrible economics – the mistakes come thick and fast"	NEG
United Kingdom	Alan Jones Radio Times	"[It] simply sets out to entertain handsomely and does so with a great deal of dash, flash and panache (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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