CRITICAL CONSENSUS

Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune

Lawrence Toppman - Charlotte Observer

William Arnold - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Kirk Honeycutt - Hollywood Reporter

Kenneth Turan - LA Times

Lou Lumenick - NY Post

Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

James Berardinelli - ReelViews

Owen Gleiberman - EW

Carrie Rickey - Philadelphia Inquirer

MaryAnn Johanson - Flick Filosopher

Manohla Dargis - NY Times

David Edelstein - Slate

Rob Blackwelder - SPLICEDwire

Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide Online

DUELING CRITICS

"A movie of really astonishing pictorial sweep and detail—filled with vast panoramas of battle and sometimes staggering re-creations of late 12th Century France, Palestine and Jerusalem"

- Michael Wilmington

"[Orlando] Bloom lacks the gravity and raw charisma his role demands and robs the film of narrative urgency...The story would actually have benefited from more talk"

- Maitland McDonagh