The Last Legion
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: August 17, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
9
Negative:
2
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63
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
While not exactly in the same league as the visually dazzling "Excalibur" and saddled with cheap looking CGI effects, this Anglo-Italian co-production has quite a bit of fun finding a direct path from the fall of Rome to the birth of Arthurian legend. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Though it's never wise to underestimate the power or universal appeal of Rai's cleavage and lustrous hair, that's about all that sets the doggedly mediocre The Last Legion apart from every other sword-and-sandal epic about the origins of Camelot. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
When a movie wants to be sold as a spectacle, it had better deliver something more spectacular than this. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesJohn Anderson
Not as bad as it sounds nor as good as it might have been. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The film is nothing to be ashamed of (especially if you're Kingsley). But it's as if everybody involved knows what the deal is. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Every once in a while, though, Firth's eyebrow hints, Can you believe I'm wearing this dorky leather breastplate? Read full review
40
VarietyJoe Leydon
Seriously hampered by glaring inconsistencies of tone and intent, and often feels like a series of highlights carved out of a much longer epic. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Lackluster and decidedly old-fashioned (in the worst way). Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
This might have made a good children’s film. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyJim Ridley
Second-rate sword-and-sorcery saga. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Distinctly humdrum, The Last Legion, a boy's adventure story that seems to have been dragged out of the vaults of some early-sixties TV series. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
The Last Legion offers guilty-pleasure fun in a cheesy, very De Laurentiis way (much like 1976's Mandingo rip-off Drum), but, in the end, it's just not a very inspired or well-conceived film, despite Kingsley's strangely endearing turn as the proto-Merlin. Read full review
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