A Knight in Camelot (1998)
Yet another variation on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur's Court." Here, a computer malfunction causes a science researcher to be sent back in time with her laptop, which she uses to amaze the court.
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Why so much hype?
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
It seems many people have slated this movie, and I'm not entirely sure why. As long as one keeps the movie within the context of a film for children, I don't see what the problem is.I agree that the script is rather weak - there isn't much for the actors to go on. All in all, I think Whoopi Goldberg and Michael York do a good job in trying to bring as much life in to their parts as they can. Let's face it, if you are looking for a great 'emmy award winning film' then, naturally, you won't like this at all.However, what most people seem to have missed is this very important point - it's a film for CHILDREN. In a world where films/cartoons seem to be incredibly violent, isn't it great to find a movie which encourages us to be open-minded and treat each other as equals - what a great message for children.
I personally love this movie.....Whoopi always makes me laugh and this was no exception. I have to give this a 9 out of ten because they didn't make a sequel. Whoopi is truly hysterical in this movie and i love when she is fighting Sacrimore. Anyone who does not see this movie is truly missing out on a fun and truly entertaining movie. My favorite line of the movie was "Lance, Lance he's our man, if he can't poke him no one can. Go Lance, Go Lance, Go Lance, Go Lance." This was right before Lancelot and Sacrimore are about to have a jousting match. Merlin also keeps you thinking that he is a bad guy but in reality he is partially behind this taking Whoopi back in time. Again, This is an awesome movie.
This has got to be one of whoopi's best performances ever, she certanly has got all of those wonderful comedy punchlines in there and certanly knows how to keep the realism on the film I have seen many modern films and this has managed to beat every one of them in my mind - i only hope that they release more films simular to this one
This is a very entertaining production of Mark Twain's classic time-travel story, tho this time we have Whoopie Goldberg, who works with computers, zapped back into Camelot with her laptop and boom box! Nice cast, including Michael York as Arthur, Paloma Baeza, Amanda Donohoe, and Ian Richardson as Merlin. Good all around, especially for kids because there's several messages to be learned here. The FX could be better, but this is not a big budget film and they are okay. Good costumes, including Whoopie's suit of armor! Solid 8.