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Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993

Mel Brooks

Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck ...

5.3

8,617

Comedy. Adventure The standard story of Robin Hood: Evil Prince John is oppressing the people while good King Richard is away on the Crusades. Robin steals from the tax collectors, wins an archery contest, defeats the Sheriff, and rescues Maid Marian. In this version, however, Mel Brooks adds his own personal touch, parodying traditional adventure films, romance films, and the whole idea of men running around the woods in tights.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"Sadly, this will not go down as one of Brooks' classics (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"Brooks has made a movie that's completely free and spontaneous, which at the same time is not in any way lazy or sloppy."	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"An impressive cast - Stewart, Hayes, Ullman - cannot unfortunately save the day."	NEG
United States	Peter Rainer Los Angeles Times	"A return to the wild, anarchic scatological comedies that made Mel Brooks a marquee name around the world. It is a film for his diehard fans and for a new generation who only know Mad Mel from legend."	POS
United States	TV Guide	"Although sporadically funny and not quite the disaster it was initially made out to be, this Robin Hood robs gags from other films while giving the poor viewer far too few laughs"	NEG
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"A predictable onslaught of bad taste and worse jokes"	NEG
United States	Jay Carr Boston Globe	"It further confirms that Mel Brooks has lost something off his fastball since Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein"	NEU

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