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Erik the Viking

1989

Terry Jones

Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, John Cleese, Terry Jones ...

6.0

2,575

Comedy. Adventure. Fantasy Tim Robbins stars as Erik the Viking, a thoughtful man in a violent time who does not enjoy killing and raping like the rest of his people. When he accidentally kills a woman while defending her, he reevaluates his life and goes off in search of the Horn Resounding, which has the power to bring him to his true home--and end the Age of Ragnarok, bringing peace to the kingdom. To get there he has to lead a pathetic group of seasick ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"The idea of telling the story of a Viking warrior who thought there must be more to life than rape and pillage is an amusing one, and for the most part Erik the Viking is an enjoyable film."	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Doesn't measure up to the best of the Python films, but it consistently entertains"	POS
United States	Chris Willman Los Angeles Times	"A stillborn comedy in which minutes sometimes mysteriously go by between even attempted gags, and in which virtually no comic scene works up to any kind of viable punch line or payoff."	NEG
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"'Erik the Viking,' a Wagnerian slapstick fantasy, has the feel of a grown-up bedtime comedy, a gross, sillier 'Princess Bride'."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"An utterly worthless exercise in waste and wretched excess, uninformed by the slightest spark of humor, wit or coherence."	NEG

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