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SummaryAn epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), 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. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and s... Read More

The Green Knight

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must-see
85
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Generally Favorable
6.3
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Metascore
88% Positive
49 Reviews
11% Mixed
6 Reviews
2% Negative
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Oct 15, 2021
100
The Observer (UK)
If the result sends viewers scuttling back to Armitage’s uniquely accessible version of the source text, then that would be marvellous indeed. But there is enough here that is dazzling and enthralling for Lowery’s movie to stand proudly as a grand work of poetry in its own right.
Jul 26, 2021
100
Slashfilm
The enormity of this film intimidates me. And it hypnotizes me, and seduces me, and captures me until it feels as if the green has grown like moss over my entire body. But rather than threatening to choke, The Green Knight injects a new source of oxygen into the sword-and-sorcery genre.
User score
Generally Favorable
59% Positive
289 Ratings
19% Mixed
92 Ratings
23% Negative
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Nov 7, 2025
10
Mustafa27
I really love the movie. Alicia Vikander and Dev Patel is also very good actors. I love them and the fantasy movies.
Jun 10, 2022
10
FoxHound24
Every movie could use a talking fox companion, it turns anything into a 10/10 masterpiece right out the bat.
Jul 30, 2021
90
Paste Magazine
David Lowery’s The Green Knight is a modern reckoning with a medieval fable. It’s a haunting, confounding, surprisingly erotic fantasy epic; a confrontation between man and nature, nature and religion, man and himself.
Jul 26, 2021
88
USA Today
Several heads roll though it’s your mind that'll get truly blown by The Green Knight, a visually dazzling and thoughtful trip back to Camelot.
Jul 30, 2021
80
Screen Rant
It’s a movie that will have a lasting impression on the audience as its themes, execution, and sharp, lustrous visuals fully take hold, leaving viewers with a lot to think about.
Jul 29, 2021
75
The Associated Press
The chapters don’t cohere in a sustained rhythm, but in richly evocative imagery, The Green Knight makes its own vivid film language and pacing.
Jul 30, 2021
25
The Film Stage
The Green Knight is supposed to be a tale about what it means to be human; Lowery’s film is entirely void of that humanity. It’s a dour, bloated experience that not only fundamentally misunderstands the work of art being adapted, but has no interest in exploring or expanding upon what was already there.
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May 31, 2022
10
Nomax
Фильм очень красиво снят, актеры и атмосфера на высоте , сюжет оставляет множество мыслей для теорий и в то же время несёт поучительный смысл , смотрится с удовольствием.
Jul 18, 2024
6
SayreTX
This well known Arthurian tale is translated into a dream-like fable with visual artistry. Unfortunately, the main character is an unappealing, self-centered weakling rather than a real knight. Equally interesting and disappointing.
Nov 30, 2021
6
AdamEnDetail
Dev Patel shows again that he's undoubtedly a brilliant actor. While Barry Keoghan and Joel Edgerton remain truly fascinating favorites of mine in this Arthurian tale. Unfortunately, The Green Knight does not seem bold enough in its convictions - sometimes leaving the depths of the nuances it posits unexplored. Instead, it focuses all its efforts on its styling, and its unusualness which it embraces tightly. The movie occasionally seems drawn out and lingering, though that seems to be the overall idea and sadly it does so to a fault. In some scenes it is almost as if every character on screen is spaced-out, only set to deliver their lines. At the end, although simple and complete, this Lowery movie leaves you with a feeling of wanting. As if it ought to be, at the least, a more powerful movie but unfortunately, it isn't.
Aug 6, 2025
3
9to5_critic
Visually impressive, but the movie itself is not so great. Not a film I'll ever rewatch.
Jun 18, 2022
3
beebo42
One of the most boring, pretentious movies I've ever sat through. I can see why critics love it. They don't get it either, but they pretend they do so they can feel better than us plebs.
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Jul 30, 2021
2 h 10 m
R
When honor was everything. When courage made kings.
Seattle Film Critics Society
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations
Portland Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 9 Nominations
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
• 7 Nominations
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