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The Green Knight

2021

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Universal acclaim
based on 41 Critic Reviews
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Mixed or average reviews
based on 27 Ratings
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Showtime Networks | Release Date:
July 30, 2021
| R

Starring:
Alicia Vikander, Anaïs Rizzo, Atheena Frizzell, Barry
Keoghan, Dev Patel, Erin Kellyman, Helena Browne, Joe Anderson,
Joel Edgerton, Kate Dickie, Nita Mishra, Noelle Brown, Ralph
Ineson, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Tara McDonagh

Summary:
An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless
Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain
(Dev Patel), King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who
embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green
Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.
Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves,… Expand

Director:
David Lowery
Genre(s):
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Rating:
R
Runtime:
125 min

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POSITIVE: 35 POSITIVE: 13
#20 Best Movie of 2021
84 MIXED: 5 5.4 MIXED: 3
#61 Most Discussed Movie of 2021
NEGATIVE: 1 NEGATIVE: 11

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JayQuiroz
100 10 Jul 30, 2021
84 The Green Knight
Justin Chang
Jul 29, 2021
What does it mean to be a knight, or even A powerful and timely epic that will stand the 84 In the Heights
just to be human? It isn’t an easy question, test of time. The long journey of Sir Gawain
and The Green Knight, in taking it seriously, is not only worth it but has a message that is 75 Zola
isn’t always an easy film. But by the time applicable to all generations in the past and
Gawain reaches his journey’s end, in as all going forward. The performances by the 72 Together Together
moving and majestically sustained a actors are all Oscar worthy but of course the
passage of pure cinema as I’ve seen this standout is Dev… Expand 67 Black Widow
year, the moral arc of his journey has
snapped into undeniable focus.
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Originate
9 Jul 30, 2021

This film is a triumph of cinema. I can't think More From The Green Knight
100 of a movie I walked away from feeling more
Clint Worthington
Jul 26, 2021 impressed with within the past three years
David Lowery deconstructs the hero's as a minimum. It certainly wasn't a perfect
journey with this sumptuous dark fantasy. 100, but my quibbles were so minimal
Read full review  they're barely worth mentioning. This movie
balances somewhere between The…
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Brianna Zigler
Jul 30, 2021
David Lowery’s The Green Knight is a Xenomorph_kills
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a haunting, confounding, surprisingly erotic This movie is presented as a mystical folk SEE ALL TRAILERS
fantasy epic; a confrontation between man tale. An odd tale full of metaphors that may
and nature, nature and religion, man and or may not be taken literally when you watch
himself. Read full review  it. That being said, it is a powerful tale with
emotion and complexity in a Chivalrous
Knight that hasn't been seen before. The
idea of honor that we see in… Expand
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Michael O'Sullivan
Jul 29, 2021
The yarn that Lowery spins is rich with
incident, but ultimately simple. Its enjoyment TerminatorFan
lies less in the story, but in the marvelous 3 Jul 30, 2021
mystification of its telling.
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 While this film was gorgeously shot and
wonderfully acted, it ultimately felt ridiculous,
pretentious, and like a complete waste of my
80 time.
Mae Abdulbaki
Jul 30, 2021
 4  1
It’s a movie that will have a lasting
impression on the audience as its themes,
execution, and sharp, lustrous visuals fully ascreaming
take hold, leaving viewers with a lot to think 3 Jul 30, 2021
about. Read full review 
High hopes, massive disappointment. This
film takes a lot of effort to watch, but it's
pretentious and dense and feels like it
doesn't want to be understood. Almost like
75 there is actually very little of interest going
Mick LaSalle
Jul 29, 2021 on beneath its overblown exterior...

The Green Knight is a strange film — so out

of step with current trends, so original in its Production design for some parts is…
conception, so willing to take its time and Expand
follow its own course — that it must be
counted among the better films of 2021.  5  2
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marco34la
0 Jul 31, 2021

TheMovies
Film Stage What a pretentious worthless film this was.
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Juan Barquin
Jul 30, 2021
the critics to get them to give this a
The Green Knight is supposed to be a tale
favorable review. It is nonsensical garbage
about what it means to be human; Lowery’s
that goes NOWHERE. This was 2 hours of
film is entirely void of that humanity. It’s a
my life I cannot get back. Please save your
dour, bloated experience that not only
money and wait for it on neflix is you…
fundamentally misunderstands the work of
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art being adapted, but has no interest in
exploring or expanding upon what was  1  2
already there.
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Hoplitex
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 A film is either made to win awards or make
the big box office. This was the former.
Super slow burn, visually pleasing, and I’m
sure fans of the arts will love it. But this isn’t
for your casual medieval adventure fan. Plot
is so crazy slow and unclear.

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