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The Reckoning

2002

Paul McGuigan

Paul Bettany, Willem Dafoe, Vincent Cassel, Brian Cox ...

5.4

2,032

Drama. Mystery In 1380, in England, after committing two capital sins, the priest Nicholas (Paul Bettany) leaves the habit and joins a troupe of players leaded by Martin (Willen Dafoe). The group arrives in a small village in the lands of Lord De Guise (Vincent Cassel), where a boy has been recently murdered. Martin convinces the players to perform the crime on the stage, and Nicholas finds the hidden truth about the mysterious death.

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"[It feels] like a high-concept hourlong television show from the 1970's or early 80's"	NEG
United States	Lael Loewenstein Variety	"[McGuigan] rightly gets things rolling with a compelling sense of urgency, brisk pacing, and a whiff of mystery."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Medieval silliness (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The medieval world of the film has been convincingly re-created (...) It works, maybe because the simplicity of the underlying plot is masked by the oddness of the characters (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Andy Bailey Screendaily	"Bettany delivers another masterful performance (...) But the ensemble cast (...) manages to both stifle and overwhelm his talents."	NEU
United Kingdom	Stella Papamichael BBC	"[It] offers simplistic solutions. As the finale approaches it becomes more formulaic (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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