First Knight

1995 • 134 minutes
4.0
223 reviews
43%
Tomatometer
PG-13
Rating
Eligible
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About this movie

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.
Rating
PG-13

Ratings and reviews

4.0
223 reviews
Roger Zara
20 January 2022
3:3 Mais quant au fruit de l'arbre qui est au milieu du jardin, Dieu a dit: Vous n'en mangerez point et vous n'y toucherez point, de peur que vous ne mouriez. Genèse
Eleni Karagianni
17 June 2015
Στην τηλεοραση την ειχα δει πριν κατι χρονια, επςιδη οταν κυκλοφορησε ημουν τελειως αγεννητη. Τες παντων, ηταν καλη ταινια, αλλα οχι αρκετα ωστε να παρει παραπανω απο 3 αστερια.
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A Google user
6 May 2018
Pura paja el primer caballero de la muerte es ARTHAS el rey exánime putooo