The actors are extravagantly good: Hauer, as always, with a sense of intelligence behind his physical exploits; Pfeiffer, strong and exquisite, and Broderick, embroidering on his role as go-between, is irresistible, comic and wistful by turns.

| Oct 13, 2023

Here is the kind of elaborate, gothic tragedy that fuels Germanic operas and Heavy Metal ballads — the lovers who can remain together but forever be apart.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 13, 2023

Unfortunately, director Richard Donner never quite gets the tone right, and the pace is positively stuporous. The horses gallop, but the film barely canters.

| Jan 4, 2018

It's a likable-enough adventure that feels much smaller than the widescreen landscapes in which it takes place.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 2, 2015

Though simple, the saga moves amidst beautiful surroundings (filmed in Italy), and is worthwhile for its extremely authentic look alone.

| Oct 18, 2008

Richard Donner, the director, and the three screenwriters seem not to have had the courage to tell this troubadour's tale straight, which is too bad, since it otherwise has so much going for it.

| May 20, 2003