57
Metascore
30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannA handsome, entertaining twist on the King Arthur legend.
- 75San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserSan Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserFirst Knight has all the elements of a crowd-pleaser.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanZucker gives the Camelot legend a makeover and rediscovers its humanizing fire. He has made a true adult fairy tale, only with a heart of glass.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie is entertaining enough in its own way, and Sean Connery makes a splendid King Arthur, but compared with the earlier films this one seems thin and unconvincing.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliSean Connery is perfect for the King Arthur role. Too bad he isn't given more to do than stand around looking regal.
- 50Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyThe great Cornish king becomes merely a corny one as the tale devolves into a compromise between the principles of Camelot and of Hollywood.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittExcali-BORE, Gere as Lancelot lost-a-lot; inaccurate.
- First Knight lurches between swashbuckling spectacular and Idyll soap opera. There's swordplay to the hilt, but the story itself never quite gets in Gere.
- It's not that First Knight is a terrible, embarrassing piece of junk; it's just a film of stunning averageness and not really good or bad enough to make any kind of a lasting impression which, depending on your point of view, may be even worse than a total failure.