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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonLos Angeles TimesSheila BensonLaced with medieval magic, it has stalwart knights and tremulously fine ladies, heavy-hoofed horses who might have clattered straight out of German fairy tales and broadswords so heavy you or I could never heft them. Most of all, it is a bold, beautiful, marvelous vision.
- 88Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelIt's a tribute to the quality of writing, direction and photography in this film that we willingly go along with the story.
- 80EmpireIan NathanEmpireIan NathanThis is a criminally neglected piece of good gothic fairy tale fun.
- 80Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyA happy, scenic, sumptuous film. [12 Apr 1995, p.25]
- 70Time OutTime OutAll rather facile sword-and-sorcery stuff, of course, but at times very funny (special mention to McKern as a bumbling priest) and always beautifully photographed in the Italian Dolomites.
- 60The DissolveKeith PhippsThe DissolveKeith PhippsDonner moves the film at an unhurried pace. The action scenes, for which Broderick and Hauer seem to have done quite a few of their own stunts, are fun, if not especially ambitious, and spaced out between long stretches of Mouse and Etienne traveling the countryside. But, oh, what countryside!
- 50The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyMr. Donner has obvious difficulty coordinating the various elements of the overall vision.
- 50Miami HeraldBill CosfordMiami HeraldBill CosfordLadyhawke would be harmless fun if, in fact, it were more fun. [12 Apr 1985, p.D2]
- 50Washington PostPaul AttanasioWashington PostPaul AttanasioDonner never quite gets the tone right, and the pace is positively stuporous. The horses gallop, but the film barely canters. [15 Apr 1985, p.B2]