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Black Knight

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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"It has more hilarious throwaway lines than most comedies offer up as their best jokes, and it is consistently inspired, energetic and, most important, light on its feet." POS
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Boston Globe
Boston Globe
"It's hard to find the movie unpleasant, but it's hard to imagine it causing any strong reaction at all." NEU
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"This time-travel scenario is by now shopworn, and the normally riotous Lawrence, a manic and gifted clown, is hamstrung in his efforts to eke humor from the anemic script" NEG
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
"Martin Lawrence finally gets to show what he can do as a screen comedian."  POS
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New York Post
New York Post
"If this cheesy, cheap-looking update of 'A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court' had been co-produced by the Ku Klux Klan itself, it could hardly be more repellently stereotypical." NEG
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USA Today
USA Today
"We had hoped for just a funny movie, but instead we get some laughs and plenty of yawns"  NEU
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New York Daily News
New York Daily News
"Dismal time-travel comedy that makes 'Big Momma's House' look like 'Citizen Kane'" NEG
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer
"Though the humor of Black Knight never quite achieves the giddiness of a Monty Python comedy, Lawrence creates a character more lovable than either Bill or Ted on either of their excellent adventures" POS
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"A movie that knows its audience. Its underlying philosophy might be: why try harder when this is all they expect?"  NEG
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Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle
"There's precious little to like about the witless and decidedly tedious Black Knight other than the fact that it's unlikely to generate a sequel" NEG
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