Medieval
AQS | Release Date: September 9, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
6
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
78
Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleSep 8, 2022
Even if Medieval occasionally succumbs to its worst biopic influences, it’s still a delightfully confident work from a filmmaking team that knows its way around a sword. Read full review
75
Original-CinThom ErnstSep 6, 2022
The violence in Medieval is fast, frequent and fierce and could possibly be the film's biggest draw. History might be the film's initial hook, but it's the movie's grisly depictions of military violence that the film will likely be remembered. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveySep 5, 2022
Medieval succeeds as a lively, handsome chunk of history (however freely imagined), with nary a dull moment between densely-packed intrigues, chases and battles. Read full review
65
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiSep 9, 2022
Medieval struggles as a work of historical fiction, but when the action mounts, it’s immersive and exciting. Read full review
60
We Got This CoveredScott CampbellSep 8, 2022
Medieval works best when it throws dirt, mud, blood, and body parts at the screen, with the crunching battle scenes just about overcoming the narrative shortcomings. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesKatie WalshSep 8, 2022
Medieval is a film with an identity crisis, caught between its lowbrow sword-and-splatter charms and grander ambitions. As a quick and dirty 90-minute corker, it could have been a nice and nasty slice of genre filmmaking, but Jakl aims for something more epic in scope, and the film drags, easily 30 minutes too long. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 7, 2022
It’s all perfectly workmanlike, save for the fights, which are splendid. If Medieval Times are your jam (as they are mine), Medieval is worth a look and almost entertaining enough to get by. Read full review
41
Paste MagazineJacob OllerSep 13, 2022
Medieval’s best quality is that it might make you do your reading, but as a film about Jan Žižka and his exciting, catalytic moment in history, it’s less interesting than the dozen Wikipedia tabs it might cause you to open. Read full review
40
Screen RantAlex HarrisonSep 10, 2022
Already working with a shakily thin script, Jákl weighs his movie down with an overly self-serious aesthetic, to the point that even the target audience might find the two-hour runtime a tough sit. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 8, 2022
On land and underwater, the verisimilitude of the violence is numbing. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsSep 9, 2022
Medieval is a bleak and visually oversaturated allegory about the 15th century revolutionary Czech soldier turned military leader Jan Žižka (Ben Foster). There's blood and chainmail, yes, but it's also a self-serious allegory about duty and faith during miserable times. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubLeigh MonsonSep 5, 2022
Jákl’s film is precisely as generic as its title would suggest, and what little there is to recommend is buried under a mountain of tedium Read full review
30
UproxxVince ManciniNov 11, 2022
The movie shouts things that should be subtext so loudly that what’s actually happening tends to get drowned out. Read full review
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