Robin and Marian (1976)

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Absolutely brilliant

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

the grace is the basic virtue of film. the nostalgic, soft and convincing images of duty, love, past, sacrifice. the gentle speech about small things who defines the life. the apples. and the lead actors. its importance - science to discover new dimension of an old story. the splendid performances. the portrait of vulnerability. the special form of romanticism. all as result of a graceful , hard work. more than an historical film, it is a lovely portrait of a great love. almost perfect because Robin Hood by Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn as Lady Marian are more than splendid jobs but wise translation of character's essence. a film who must see it. for its beauty. and for its admirable grace.

A hugely enjoyable and surprisingly realistic treatment of the legend of Robin Hood. Usually, updated versions of traditional stories make me shudder and wish that I wasn't a teetotaler but this is an excellent example of how to do it right. The film maintains the traditional setting but explores the later lives of Robin and Marian as well as the difficulties associated with growing old. Well, by the standards of the time anyway! Sean Connery is excellent as the ageing hero Robin, a type of character that he would later revisit in the unofficial Bond film "Never Say Never Again", while Audrey Hepburn delivers a charming and wonderfully understated performance as Marian. In their only film together, they have great chemistry and you never doubt for a second that Robin and Marian are in love. The storyline is very strong and the supporting cast is excellent, particularly Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Richard Harris as Richard the Lionheart (who is depicted much more realistically than in any other Robin Hood film that I've seen) and Nicol Williamson as Little John. While the character does have plenty of comic moments, Ronnie Barker's performance as Friar Tuck is the straightest that I've ever seen him.

Well, this is a strange and depressing entry into the post-modern 70s sweepstakes of "what can we do with iconic characters these days?", coming a few years before "Tarazan: Legend of Greystoke" and "Excalibur", and directed by the guy who made The Monkees famous, Richard Lester. What the F? Anybody who's seen the film knows how reprehensible the ending is, how out of focus and how lacking in dramatic impetus it truly is. What I want to talk about is what a wasted opportunity we have here, because Lester's comedic talent is still very strong, and there's some really great moments in the film which really kind of add up to... what? A kind of self-serious betrayal.In generic terms, not much else to comment on. The action scenes are really awful, not bad in the terms of Richard Greene era Robin Hood, but I mean the movie starts off with a scene of a guy literally throwing an arrow into King Richard's (Richard Harris) neck, felling him with a blow as ridiculous as his presence in the film. Harris hams it up, Nicholson wishes he'd got the fun and short part, Connery doesn't seem to want to support the film... yet, it all works amazingly well, up till the last reel or so of the film. A pity. Better luck next time Robin?

No swashbuckler to be sure. This is a deliberately paced revisionist take on the Robin Hood legend. Robin returns from the Crusades to find Marian now a nun, Richard the Lionhearted ready to expire and the sheriff of Nottingham still power mad. Directed with surprising restraint by the great Richard Lester, this film is nothing at all like his MUSKETEER films. Sean Connery is an aging Robin and Audrey Hepburn is Marian...now an Abbess! They have great chemistry and Nicol Williamson is a big plus as "little" John. Robert Shaw is the Sheriff of Nottingham and it's fun to see him dueling with Connery (they last met in FROM Russia WITH LOVE!). Richard Harris is very good in a cameo as Richard the Lionhearted and Ian Holm is Prince/King John. The excellent cinematography is by David Watkin and there's a lovely score by John Barry.