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Dominican Rep. The Three Musketeers
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Adventure
Richard Lester's adaptation of The Three Musketeers was only the latest of many when released in 1974, but it arrived with a spirit all its own, one influenced as much by Lester's '60s work as the Alexandre Dumas classic. Even so, it followed the plot of Dumas' novel fairly closely, its liberties in interpretation taken elsewhere. Coming off the success of Cabaret, Michael York plays D'Artagnan, the provincial, would-be swashbuckler who ... [+]
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"Overflowing with Lester’s trademark irreverence and slapstick, these films still retain a vivid and bawdy period flavor." | POS |
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"Few adventure movies have such a heightened atmosphere of beauty, excitement and fun" | POS |
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"'The Three Musketeers...' is superficially little more than a high-spirited adventure in the form of a string of beautifully executed moments of physical comedy." | POS |
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TV Guide | "Here, writer Fraser and director Lester went back to the original and hewed closely to the source material, but adding a lot of fun." | POS |
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"Lester's decorative clutter is the best thing about the film: he loves scurrilous excess. But the whole thing feels hectic and forced. You want some gallantry and charm; you don't want joke, joke, joke." | NEU |
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"A superb bit of tongue-in-cheekery, stylish and fun but also deeply affectionate" | POS |
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Time Out | "The cast is good (though it remains very much Lester's film), the fights appropriately energetic, and it all moves along at a fair pace, sprinkled with a number of good gags." | POS |
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