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The Green Knight (2021)

R07/29/2021Adventure, Drama, Fantasy2h 10m

When honor was everything.

Overview

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Dev Patel

    Gawain

  2. Cast 1

    Alicia Vikander

    Lady / Essel

  3. Cast 1

    Joel Edgerton

    Lord

  4. Cast 1

    Sarita Choudhury

    Mother

  5. Cast 1

    Sean Harris

    King

  6. Cast 1

    Kate Dickie

    Queen

  7. Cast 1

    Barry Keoghan

    Scavenger

  8. Cast 1

    Erin Kellyman

    Winifred

  9. Cast 1

    Ralph Ineson

    Green Knight

Dev Patel is just as wrong for Sir Gawain as he as for David Copperfield, but it's not his fault that The Green Knight is an incoherent mess; the responsibility lies entirely with writer/director/editor David Lowery. Early on in the film, King Arthur (Sean Harris) tells Gawain, "Tell me a story about yourself so I can get to know you." Gawain replies that he has no story to tell; two hours later he still doesn't have one save for a few disjointed episodes that ultimately equal less than the sum of their parts. Poor time management is another issue; it takes the movie a very long 15 minute...