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Instead of pulling young audiences imaginatively back into the past, A Knight's Tale cheapens the process by demonstrating that there's no essential difference between then and now.

-Peter RainerFull Review

The movie promises to rock you, and much of the time it does.

-Rita KempleyFull Review

The result is half Python, half Ivanhoe -- and not as much fun as either.

-Richard SchickelFull Review

You might find yourself smiling and laughing all the way through it.

-David EdelsteinFull Review

Essentially, it's a screenful of pseudo-medieval popcorn that hits a high enough level of goofy fun to transcend a pretty blatant marketing strategy aimed at the MTV demographic.

-Jay Carr

May please aficionados of oldies stations and Xtreme sports but few others.

-Susan WloszczynaFull Review

Basically a thrift-store bin of borrowed ideas and careworn teen cliches, A Knight's Tale executes one of the most drastic wastes of promise this side of a gifted high school slackoff.

-Geoff PevereFull Review

A meandering story packed with corny moments, mostly dull acting and a star who, hype aside, shares only an accent with fellow Australian Russell Crowe.

-John ZebrowskiFull Review

More often than not, it's fun.

-Bob GrahamFull Review

It will rock you -- straight to sleep.

-Stephanie ZacharekFull Review

A Knight's Tale proves that a filmmaker -- and his audience -- can have fun pandering.

-Joe BaltakeFull Review

Shamelessly manipulative.

-Gene SeymourFull Review

A solidly entertaining popcorn movie.

-Lou Lumenick

Strip away its 14th Century trappings and A Knight's Tale is just a Middle Ages Rocky that spares no cliche in its unduly long, 2 1/4 hours.

-Rene Rodriguez

Spirited but uneven.

-Louis B. ParksFull Review

Take it for what it is and you'll find it quite enjoyable, especially if you're a female between 9 and, oh, 79.

-Susan StarkFull Review

A Knight's Tale should be ridiculous, and it is: ridiculously entertaining.

-Terry Lawson

Predictable and repetitive.

-Steven RosenFull Review

The results at best are highly uneven, but still interesting. At worst they are strained and repetitive. It all depends on your tolerance level towards gimmicks, and your desire level for something -- anything -- different.

-(CNN.com) Paul ClintonFull Review

The results at best are highly uneven, but still interesting. At worst they are strained and repetitive. It all depends on your tolerance level towards gimmicks, and your desire level for something -- anything -- different.

-Paul Clinton (CNN.com)Full Review

The movie has an innocence and charm that grow on you.

-Roger EbertFull Review

By the time the big grudge match comes around and William and the no-account Count Adhemar (Rufus Sewell) meet in center court, whatever charm and good humor were engendered by this adventure have long since worn off.

-Glenn Lovell

A Knight's Tale is a bouncy pop song of a movie, the snappy/happy kind that puts a grin on your face and a tap to your toe, shifting the heart into high and the mind into neutral.

-Rick GroenFull Review

A 14th-century good time.

-Desson ThomsonFull Review

Bewildering but never boring.

-Carrie Rickey

The picture itself is good-humored, but bland and predictable.

-Elvis MitchellFull Review

The film's attempt to vary the pace and provide a noticeable dose of romance as a plot alternative turns out to be more tedious than even the jousting.

-Kenneth TuranFull Review

Will A Knight's Tale have a long shelf-life? Hell, no. But will it do for this Friday, preferably with a date? Hell, yes.

-Gemma Files


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