There's little to distract one from this drab literary adaptation's ponderous pace and washed out palette - even the great Dane himself.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 7, 2019

The film is not without merit, although it remains too much of a slow-burn to really catch fire as the gritty, medieval Euro western its set up promises.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 2, 2018

We might laugh, but Mikkelsen is so moody and magnificent we take him very seriously. That's part of the problem. Mikkelsen is too cool, too brooding and we never get behind his icy mask.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2017

Arnaud des Pallières's dreary French costume drama might have been called Robin Hood And His Very Un-Merry Men.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 6, 2017

The film is almost monotonously somber, though not in a bad way -- when it erupts into violence or settles briefly into moments of intimacy, the shift in tone can be surprising, even invigorating.

| Jun 5, 2014

It can be quite powerful on the rare occasions when it allows raw emotion to make its way to the surface.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 5, 2014

Des Pallires also hears his historical era: the richly detailed sound design, of jostles and clanks and wind, compensates partially for the film's often deliberate pace.

| Jun 4, 2014

Beautifully shot, well-acted, and respectful to a fault, Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas is often left inert by its weighty meditations.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 2, 2014

Silly critics expected "Braveheart" when it was more like Ingmar Bergman's "Virgin Spring". Ignore the shallow minds; this is a serious art film worthy of your attention if you have an IQ over 80.

| May 30, 2014

Those seeking bloodletting and savagery will be disappointed... Let it be said that Age of Uprising will test the limits of moviegoers who are not prepared for the deliberate way this revenge tale is handled.

| Original Score: B- | May 30, 2014

Medieval mumblecore. And social conflict as secondary to the scenery in this dramatic momentum-free travelogue, a treat solely for arty snobs and couch potato political dilettantes. Poverty porn as high art, and most memorable, a pregnant horse in labor.

| May 30, 2014

The severely beautiful film is painted in a dauntingly austere manner, as if lost in a war against itself, with confrontations underplayed and the rural landscapes making more of an impression than the detoured drama.

| May 29, 2014

Without a character to connect with it all amounts to nothing but a poor man's Braveheart, minus that film's vigorous battle sequences.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 29, 2014

It's a strong story of lonely, even futile righteousness, which makes the plodding execution by director Arnaud des Palliers somewhat mystifying.

| May 29, 2014

[Kohlhaas'] refusal to place himself above the law, even after he learns its ineffectuality firsthand, is what gives the tale its tragic, fable-like resonance.

| Original Score: 4.0/5 | May 29, 2014

Come to it with a certain moviegoing flexibility, and the effort will expose a wealth of technical triumphs and emotional substance.

| Original Score: B- | May 29, 2014

This muted approach robs the film of sorely needed momentum, but offers a rare opportunity for contemplation, a trade-off that only occasionally satisfies.

| May 27, 2014

A little dull, but beautifully shot and acted.

| Original Score: 6/10 | May 27, 2014

Greatly cognizant of the revenge genre's penchant for hypocritical demagoguery, director Arnaud des Pallires unsettles the audience's usual feelings of vicarious blood lust.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 25, 2014

Mikkelsen is fine in the role, bringing to the part the gravitas and dogged persistence required.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2014