The Green Knight

The Green Knight

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.

  • Released: 2021-07-29
  • Runtime: 130 minutes
  • Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
  • Stars: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Barry Keoghan, Erin Kellyman, Ralph Ineson, Emilie Hetland, Anthony Morris, Megan Tiernan, Noelle Brown, Youssef Quinn, Aaron Edo, Margeaux Wright, Tyrone Kearns, Helena Browne, Brendan Conroy, Ethan Dillion, Chris McHallem, Atheena Frizzell, Donncha Crowley, Patrick Duffy, Janet Grene, Simone Haines, Tyrone Kearns, Tom Leavey, Anaïs Rizzo, Joe Anderson, Nita Mishra, Tara Mae, Emmett O'Brien, Sam Uppal Lynch, Adam Karim, Ruth Patel, Rose Patel, Rachel Quinn
  • Director: David Lowery
 Comments
  • danieljfarthing - 7 January 2023
    Enjoyable medieval adventure ruined by its arty-farty late plunge into a load of symbolics
    Why did writer / director David Lowery plunge otherwise enjoyable (and excellently cast) medieval adventure "The Green Knight" into such a confusing mess of symbolics over its last 20mins? Dev Patel (good) is king Sean Harris' wastrel nephew, who to prove himself accepts a challenge from supernatural beast Ralph Ineson that has him leave gf Alicia Vikander and reluctantly quest across the barren wilds where he encounters the likes of Barry Keoghan (terrific again), Joel Edgerton, Erin Kellyman, witchcraft, trippy shrooms & an animatronic talking fox. It's two hrs of well-made (if simple) swaggering fare... then Lowery's old arty-farty bent sadly kicks in to ruin it. Shame.
  • Retrostudious - 15 November 2022
    Where have all the good guys gone?
    It's a good film, but modern filmmakers seem a little too obsessed with deconstructing characters and de-romanticising the hero's journey, and it's starting to become a cliche that is overplayed and almost insulting to the audience. The filmmakers seem to think that by making all the protagonists anti-heroes who are not as heroic as we think that it's intelligent storytelling, but it really isn't.

    I find myself regularly asking, "Where have all the good guys gone?" and "why isn't there romance in films anymore?"

    Is it a little too much to ask for a righteous protagonist and a little love in films?

    The modern landscape of cynical filmmaking that creates nihilistic stories has become very tedious.