Review of Robin Hood (2018) by Adelaide M — 22 Nov 2018

Oh Geez...Oh Lord...Oh boy...Oy.

Let me state first and for the record that I am an easy-to-please, eager-to-like audience member. I have never walked out of a movie because I strive to find something to like in every movie I buy a ticket to.

That was until yesterday and Robin Hood. 30 minutes into the movie I seriously considered walking out. Then Taron Egerton (the ONLY reason I went to the movie in the first place. And yes, I realize that is a shallow reason but whatever, sue me) delivered his "what else you got?" line and I thought, "Oh well, it can't really get much worse now, can it?" and decided to stick with it.

Oh Geez....Oh Lord...Oh boy....Oy.

The dialogue is both stilted and predictable; the plotline, known to all, still manages to make little sense; the action is Ri-Di-Cu-Lous and the cast (each talented and beautiful in their own way) seems to be locked in a fun-house mirror, looking for the exit but instead bumping into invisible walls.

And I guess to me, that is the worst part of it all. Taken individually, each of the major players are good/great actors: Taron Egerton has undeniable charm and acting chops; Jamie Fox is great, as always; Jamie Dornan is appropriately brooding; Ben Mendelson is the archetypical villain; Eve Hewson is undeniably gorgeous etc etc... It is a real pity then none of them seem to have any chemistry at all with each other. It's like someone worked really hard to make this movie the worst sh*t fest it could possibly be.

Please save your money and stay home. Whatever you normally pay for a movie ticket, not even Taron Egerton's singing voice (I do believe it is him singing the end credit song) is worth it.