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By Jamie Graham (285) for Total Film (3,532) on 07 Sep 2015

It’s flawed, yes – Frances is frustratingly underwritten, her psychological fault lines spoken of but never shown – but it’s also swaggeringly…

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By Dan Jolin (289) for Empire (3,446) on 07 Sep 2015

Helgeland’s savvy new take on this well-known story proves that crime can pay, while Hardy is astonishing and magnetic in two truly towering…

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By Joe Walsh (56) for CineVue (2,163) on 07 Sep 2015

Legend crucially lacks almost any sense of gravitas, although the bold and brash approach does keep you entertained…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out London (344) on 02 Sep 2015

In what is surely his finest hour, Tom Hardy plays both brothers…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Variety (12,700) on 02 Sep 2015

For all Hardy’s expressive detail and physical creativity, Helgeland’s chewy, incident-packed script offers little insight into what made…

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By Helen O'hara (407) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 02 Sep 2015

While he arguably fails to rein in his leading man (or half of him), screenwriter-turned-director Helgeland has a light touch, leavening the…

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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 02 Sep 2015

It’s easy to buy Hardy’s dual performance, and it doesn’t get in the way of the film – although some actor-ly exuberance in the delivery…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 02 Sep 2015

It’s a disappointingly shallow take on a fascinating period of time and leaves us sorely uninformed, as if we’ve skim-read a pamphlet…

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By Leslie Felperin (768) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 02 Sep 2015

This ungainly portrait strikes a lot of poses, as if inviting the viewer to admire its impressive cast list, fine period detailing, cheeky…

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By Barbara Shulgasser (553) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 25 Aug 2015

Dark and often scary '80s fantasy hasn't aged well…

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By Felix Vasquez Jr. (1,949) for Cinema Crazed (1,907) on 01 Nov 2014

A remarkable and bleak fantasy thriller for folks that like their fantasy based on thick characterization and less humongous battles…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 21 Sep 2009

Fascinating in the way only a wrongheaded film by a great filmmaker can be, Legend lends beauty to such imagery, but the story keeps dragging…

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By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 28 Jul 2002

Glorious visuals -- shame about the script…

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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 05 May 2002

What with the film's cotton-candy mise en the scene, rhyming goblins (“Mortal world turned to ice/Here be goblin paradise”), sexless pixies…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 29 Apr 2002

The movie is enchanting and has moments of magic, but it's an utter train wreck, overwhelmed by cheesy special effects, dialogue writ insanely…

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By Bill Cosford (281) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 14 Oct 2000

Mr. Cruise goes through all this nonsense gamely, as if it were an initiation into a fraternity he wants very much to join…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 06 Feb 2000

Despite all its sound and fury, Legend is a movie I didn't care very much about…

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By Shane Burridge (68) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Scott is less interested in unraveling a plot than he is in capturing the look and feel of myth…

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