Review of Robin Hood (2010) by Christopher Null for Filmcritic.com — 12 May 2010

Sturdy and taut, but inches shy of rousing.

This review of Robin Hood (2010) was written by Christopher Null and published by Filmcritic.com on 12 May 2010.

Robin Hood has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Claude L (23) on 06 Nov 2015

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 07 May 2017

Can they really be setting up a sequel at the end, with Robin as an outlaw? Let’s hope so--that’s the movie you actually wanted…

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Russell Crowe is a great actor, but he keeps getting handed the same exact role ever since winning an Oscar for Gladiator…

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