Robin Hood
Universal Pictures | Release Date: May 14, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
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15
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
The problem with Russell Crowe's new take on the legend is that it has one muddy boot in history and the other in fantasy. The middling result is far from a bull's-eye. Read full review
60
SlateDana Stevens
Pretty much ill-conceived from the ground up but saved by a couple of strong performances and a wealth of well-researched period detail. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua Rothkopf
Can they really be setting up a sequel at the end, with Robin as an outlaw? Let’s hope so--that’s the movie you actually wanted. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Image for image and shot for shot, Scott is still one of the most striking directors around, but in Robin Hood, the cohesive particles keeping those images together--frills like a compelling plot and sculpted characters--prove unstable. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
There’s quality throughout, but, visual verve aside, the enterprise is dull, heavy-handed and dispiriting. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A high-tech and well made violent action picture using the name of Robin Hood for no better reason than that it’s an established brand not protected by copyright. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Still, there are some things to savor. Blanchett is an actress who's always involving, and Crowe is very much in his element as an intrepid, laconic archer who lets his arrows do the talking. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
If only the story were leaner and more nimble -- but then again this is a Ridley Scott film, so you go in expecting bombast and bloat in the service of leaden themes. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Cate Blanchett brings little but an arch toughness to the role of Marion, and, in a highly improbably climactic scene, proves herself a veritable knight. Crowe and Blanchett share a perfunctory romance, with few sparks. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Except for the last five minutes, Robin Hood is the story of the radicalization of some guy named Longstride. Who? Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The battles are grainy and ''existential,'' but what they aren't is thrilling. They're surging crowd scenes with streams of arrows and flecks of blood, and Crowe, slashing his way through them, is a glorified extra. He's so grimly possessed with purpose that he's a bore, and so is the movie. Read full review
42
Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
A distinct lack of merriment marks each frame of this film, with Scott determined to erase all fond memories of past Robin Hoods. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
I much prefer Mel Brooks’s “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” to all this doomy somberness. Why take the legend so seriously? Read full review
40
Village VoiceKarina Longworth
The directorial choices are, for the most part, so lazy, the blockbuster engineering so blatant, that Robin Hood often falls into self-parody. All the more reason for Sarah Palin to love it. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
He's (Crowe) thwarted by the production's almost total, and truly absurd, absence of fun. Read full review
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