The couple I sat next to summed it up rather nicely; "Not the Robin Hood I was expecting. Lots of action. Wrong message. " The best word I can think of to discribe this movie is religio-political because it was very political in that it dealt with religion but the religion was all tied into politics and in the end whatever the story was supposed to be got completely lost in the poorly-executed religio-political muck. Cinematography is great. Score is great. Action scenes are good overall. I loved how they played with slow-mo and speed to create tendion. Production design feels like Bay and Aronosfky got together to see how many things they could blow up in a small English mining village in a two hour movie. There are literary fires exploding everywhere for no reason. First half of the movie was entertaining, then things just got weird. Stick with your pleasant memories of Disney's lovely animated forest animal Robin Hood and skip this mess.

Forget the original! This one is fast paced, action keeps you on the edge of your seat! Loved it! Fantastic acting! A must see!

While it plays fast and loose with loaded political iconography, this Robin Hood brings a whole new dimension to this age-old tale.

Katie Walsh

Chicago Tribune

A thoroughly incoherent movie salad.

Emily Yoshida

New York Magazine (Vulture)

You could build a suspension bridge over the gap between what Robin Hood could have been and what it is. Its hero is credible as a man who wants to rob from the rich and give to the poor, but the storytelling is so impoverished that the message can't stick.

Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com