Lancelot of the Lake
New Yorker Films | Release Date: June 9, 1975 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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100
Slant MagazineZach Campbell
Because Bresson’s cinematic personality is as deliberate and clean as it is, the viewer is tempted to chalk up the bizarre and moving experience of watching Lancelot du Lac to some latent spirituality or grace. Read full review
100
Time Out LondonGB
It's stunningly beautiful, mesmerising, exhausting, uplifting, amazing - all the things you could possibly expect from a masterpiece. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Not surprisingly, Bresson's stripped-to-the-bone adaptation eschews the traditionally heroic, spectacular, fabulous, and exaltedly romantic aspects of the legendary saga in order to lay bare the confusion and pain within the human soul. Read full review
60
The New York TimesVincent Canby
What's missing from the film is any urgent interior meaning, and this it may be because of the distractions of the exterior details. It may also be because the conflicts that rage within Lancelot — between duty and desire, courtly love and physical love — simply aren't complex enough to bring out the best in Mr. Bresson. Read full review
60
EmpireKim Newman
Paying attention to religious impulses which are all but incomprehensible in the 20th Century, Bresson conjures up a God-bothered middle ages that is harrowing but not, it must be said, terribly exciting. Read full review
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