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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekVillage VoiceStephanie ZacharekIt's Kline who anchors the movie, swan-diving into Flynn's complexities without making excuses for him.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickDashing, handsome and self-deprecating, Kevin Kline was born to play Errol Flynn.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierKline sinks his old smoothie teeth into the part of Flynn, but is careful not to draw blood too easily. The man’s pathetic nature, after all, doesn’t spring from his movies. (Flynn worked right up to his death, in 1959.) It’s deeper than that, but also more shallow. Walking that knife’s edge is a trick. Kline finds exactly the right path.
- 50The A.V. ClubVadim RizovThe A.V. ClubVadim RizovOn the sliding scale of low expectations associated with the “I (may or may not have) slept with a famous person” biopic genre, Robin Hood is more smoothly professional and tolerable than the lowly likes of "My Week With Marilyn" or the JFK-adultery-soap opera "An American Affair."
- 50The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloDirectors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland (The Fluffer, Quinceañera) do their best to avoid sensationalism, but age difference and statutory rape are the only factors that make the story remotely interesting.
- 50The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe story comes to feel mild (and incomplete) in its tempered nostalgia.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyWriters and directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland have crafted a solid script... Holding the enterprise back, however, is a terribly restrained directorial approach and academic visual style that prevent the lubricious story from truly coming to life.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThe script represents a too-tame middle ground, which gives the unfortunate impression that perhaps the filmmakers want us to empathize with this icky romance.
- 38McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThe entire affair feels malnourished, under-rehearsed and starved of energy.
- 12RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzThe problem — and wow, it's a big one — is that none of these actors have material firm enough to shape into a bona fide performance.