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Legend

1985

Ridley Scott

Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent ...

5.8

11,887

Fantasy. Adventure Jack (Tom Cruise) is a peasant who lives in an enchanted forest with his beloved Lili (Mia Sara). One day, while quietly gamboling in a glade, the pair is distracted by the appearance of trolls, minions of the evil Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry). The cloven-footed, cavern-dwelling monster, long banished to the earth's nether regions, has sent the creatures on a mission to seize the horn of a unicorn, thereby plunging the planet into a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"'Legend' is not without whimsical touches, but it surely could have used more humor and invention"	NEU
United States	Variety	"A fairytale produced on a grand scale, set in some timeless world and peopled with fairies, elves and goblins, plus a spectacularly satisfying Satan. At the same time, the basic premise is alarmingly thin"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tom Charity Time Out	"Beautifully shot and designed (...) the film lacks the narrative drive that propels Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings"	NEU
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"The mythology of 'Legend' isn't easy to follow (...) [It has] sets that keep the eye busier than the mind or the heart"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] is an impressive technical achievement (...) The problem is, the world of 'Legend' is itself wrong for this material (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Michael Leader Den of Geek	"There is something strangely alluring about its confluence of chaos and creativity (...) Unfortunately, whichever cut you watch, you are still presented with a clichéd, hackneyed story"	NEU

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