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Plot Summary
Screen sensation and Academy Award-winner Kevin Costner ("The Bodyguard," "Dances With Wolves") is the legendary swashbuckling hero of England's Sherwood Forest who defends the poor and battles Alan Rickman's ("Die Hard") deliciously evil Sheriff of Nottingham. Academy Award-nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio ("The Color of Money," "Scarface") is Robin's fair damsel in distress, and Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman ("Million Dollar Baby," "Driving Miss Daisy"), Emmy-winner Alan Rickman ("Sense and Sensibility," "Die Hard") and Christian Slater ("Broken Arrow," "Interview with the Vampire") round out the all-star cast in this pumped-up version of the classic adventure tale!
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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50%- Reviews Counted: 52
- Fresh: 26
- Rotten: 26
- Average Rating: 5.7/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Mr. Costner and his associates seem to have approached their subject without a clear idea about the kind of movie they wanted to make.
Fresh: As a piece of escapism, this deluxe, action-heavy, 2-hour-and-21-minute Robin Hood gets the job done.
Rotten: 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.
Fresh: Fair damsels and noble sirs, you must free yourselves of these wearisome observations. This is a state-of-the-art retelling of a classic.
Customer Reviews
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I love this movie! I don't care if Costner didn't even attempt an English accent. I don't care that neither the spyglass nor the word "twit" had yet been invented during the Crusades (a fact that critics were harping about during the original release). Alan Rickman is the ultimate Sheriff, and Sean Connery makes an awesome Richard the Lionheart. Swordfights, archery contests, quarterstaff duels, a crazy witch, deranged indigenous Celts, and even some high explosives...what a movie! 'Nuff said.
Welcome to Sherwood.
Despite some of the ill received feedback this film got in '91, I say it is a great hero movie. Costner is ok, but a great Alan Rickman makes a true villian (Die Hard). A better than usual surrounding cast providing some added comic relief from robin's merry men is a welcome. Great directing and a cinematic score by Mike Kamen still used to this day, make this a great action treat.
The summer of 1991...
this movie hit the theaters. McDonald's had the Robin Hood Prince of Thieves toys that of course you had to go back to get every one. Bryan Adams had a number one hit song from the movie (Everything I do) I do it for you. MTV was running the music video every hour (when people actually watched MTV for the music) and my aunt's were totally in love with Kevin Costner. Probably the best version of Robin Hood on film and a star-studded cast. If you like this movie you should also check out Willow which came out in 1988.
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- $14.99
- Genre: Action & Adventure
- Released: 1991
- © 1991 Morgan Creek Productions, Inc. and Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved.