Rating: PG13
Genre:
Romance
Release Date: 04/29/2008
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 134 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures
The tale of
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is always ripe for retelling. In this rendition, the sexy
Richard Gere is Sir
Lancelot, threatening to supersede the aging King Arthur (
Sean Connery) by winning the love of his young wife
Guinivere (
Julia Ormond). This update of the age-old legend succeeds on the strength of Gere's happy-go-lucky sex appeal, Ormond's gorgeous period costuming, and Connery's unbeatable wry nobility. The script focuses on the triangle of the three principals: the older man's reluctance to relinquish his love and power to the younger man destined to supplant him; the young woman torn between her loyalty to her aged husband and her love for his rival; the young man balancing the demands of loyalty to his sovereign with the rewards of true love. This beautiful production forgoes the legend's usual elements of magic and fantasy, leaving Merlin the Magician completely out of the picture.
~ Laura Abraham, All Movie Guide