Review of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) by Dawdlingpoet — 28 Nov 2021

This seemed unnecessarily cheesy and over the top in a way that just didn't work for me. It's certainly entertaining and features some top names in the cast but I couldn't take it especially seriously.

I found it interesting that Morgan Freeman's character, Azeem, is apparently a Muslim, or certainly someone who talks about Allah in any case. This is an ok, watchable film, it just isn't quite good as such, hence my middling rating.

Oh and Kevin Costner in the titular role doesn't seem very obviously English as all, although Alan Rickman as the token bad guy is certainly amusing, even though it does come across as very much a panto type performance (but then perhaps that's to be expected?).

I wouldn't specifically recommend this film as such, no but if you like somewhat old fashioned films of old folk tales then you may enjoy this.