A commoner Heath Ledger jousts with nobles in 14th-century France when his knight master dies on their way to a tournament. after winning the competition he creates a new identity as a knight.
Instead of pulling young audiences imaginatively back into the past, A Knight's Tale cheapens the process by demonstrating that there's no essential difference between then and now.
Cinema Crazed
April 29, 2009
Unmotivated storyline, bad love interest situation, dull leading man, quick plot with no set-up. Lazy movie.
Essentially, it's a screenful of pseudo-medieval popcorn that hits a high enough level of goofy fun to transcend a pretty blatant marketing strategy aimed at the MTV demographic.
ColeSmithey.com
July 18, 2009
Endless jousting tournaments transpire with lots of balsa wood jousting poles splintering across the screen. It's a classic example of a "'what-on-earth-were-they-thinking" movie...
Whipping along at speed, with elaborate camera movements and rousing speeches, this knows how to engage a crowd. It's corny, of course, but a guilty pleasure: romantic, diverting, with mildly amusing modern gags.