Robin Hood
Lionsgate | Release Date: November 21, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
13
Negative:
12
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzNov 21, 2018
You could build a suspension bridge over the gap between what Robin Hood could have been and what it is. Its hero is credible as a man who wants to rob from the rich and give to the poor, but the storytelling is so impoverished that the message can't stick. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Chandler LevackNov 20, 2018
Well, the Hood would never stand for it and neither should you. Defy authority and watch this movie on a plane instead. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Nov 20, 2018
Say this and little else for the new Robin Hood movie: It’s less of a self-serious slog than the last Robin Hood movie. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMichael OrdoñaNov 20, 2018
The action is violent and improbable but not staged with particular pizazz. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMeredith GoldsteinNov 20, 2018
Some of the film is slow. Some of it is silly. Read full review
50
Screen DailySarah WardNov 20, 2018
Grimly upbeat rather than merry, and relentless rather than frenetic, the film’s gritty zest is splashed across the screen with momentum, but also to the point of overuse. It serves a late heist set piece well, yet wears thin in a sea of training, thieving and fighting montages elsewhere. Read full review
50
Entertainment Weekly Maureen Lee LenkerNov 20, 2018
On all fronts, it strives to twist the Robin Hood story into something more provocative, but ultimately it’s a garbled, hollow mess of attempts at relevancy. Read full review
45
IGNWilliam BibbianiNov 20, 2018
It’s a straightforward retelling with a confusing design philosophy, disappointing action sequences, weak storytelling and a cast which clearly deserved better material. Read full review
42
TheWrapYolanda MachadoNov 20, 2018
Rife with stereotypes, a terrible script, and odd “300”-esque cinematography that just doesn’t fit, this is not only a film nobody asked for, but also one that nobody should be forced to endure. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeNov 29, 2018
It’s a world that is so incoherent and inconsistent you almost have to admire the chutzpah, in which buxom lady horse-thieves dress themselves for a night of crime displaying several inches of showy cleavage, contained only by a glorified shoelace. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfNov 21, 2018
This version will make you side with the Sheriff of Nottingham. Read full review
40
EmpireDan JolinNov 20, 2018
Like Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur, this tries hard to do something new and exciting with an old formula. It quickly makes you wish for something more traditional and straightforward. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawNov 20, 2018
This bloated, featureless, CGI-heavy movie is not so much stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, as stealing from Guy Ritchie, Batman, Two-Face and a few others – and not giving back all that much to the audience. Read full review
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