Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Reviews
[A] spirited adventure.
| Apr 10, 2023
The result is that Kevin Costner is... completely out of place. [Full review in Spanish]
| Jan 5, 2023
Adds up to an enjoyable reimagining of the familiar Robin Hood mythology, filled with a deep cast- if you can get past Costner's accent (30th anniversary)
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 16, 2021
The biggest shock throughout the picture is the continually shifting tone - fueled by bizarre additives entirely foreign to standard interpretations.
| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 24, 2020
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves certainly boasts many of the qualities that one has come to expect from such an endeavor...
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 14, 2020
Rickman's casualness is the unwitting emblem of this silly, but enjoyable, Hollywood romp from yesteryear.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 10, 2018
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is an entertainment without a particular point of view.
| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 25, 2014
While the makers of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves may have set out to bury the poor old duffer of Sherwood Forest in a welter of trendy banter, they have ended up burying themselves as well.
| Apr 25, 2014
Much as I admire Costner, it is the very qualities of honesty, honor and sincerity he projects so forcefully that encumber this Robin.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 25, 2014
It's a slick and sassy attempt to get mileage from a dependable vehicle by wrapping it in as many sure-fire gimmicks as the filmmakers can cram onto the screen.
| Apr 25, 2014
Its ostensibly canny match of star and subject assures that Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves will fill theaters. But will it send moviegoers out enthralled? The message from this cracked crystal ball is: Naaah.
| Apr 25, 2014
There's no subtlety in this Robin Hood, but subtlety isn't everything: Grit and obviousness have coarser charms, and the director makes much of these.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2014
The fight sequences are explosive, the physical production is impressive, and the supporting performances are full of juice.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 25, 2014
No longer a study in swashbuckling bravura, it is a depressive political allegory in which wit is as rare as a ray of sun in the gray British sky.
| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 25, 2014
This is a big, colorful, sharp-witted and beautifully photographed rendering of the tale of the olde English guerrilla fighter -- two solidly entertaining hours.
Full Review | Apr 25, 2014
With a strange mix of varying English and American accents and the weight of a film with too many subplots, Robin Hood strains credibility. It also feels long.
| Apr 25, 2014
It's fun and frantic, although the wit falls way short.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 25, 2014
Costner is not a Robin Hood for the ages, but in this expensively mounted production, he'll do as a Robin Hood for the summer.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 25, 2014
Buckles are truly swashed and derring-do effectively done in this 12th-century adventure, which simply sets out to entertain handsomely and does so with a great deal of dash, flash and panache.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2014
In the end, and only just barely, Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves delivers the goods, chiefly on the power of a thumpingly vibrant last 40 minutes and some excellent swordplay choreography.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 25, 2014