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Tony Toscano reviews “Robin Hood”

Another update of the Robin Hood legend, this time starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. In this Ridley Scott directed piece, Crowe is an archer in the army of Richard the Lionhearted and through a series of situations is mistaken for a nobleman.

When he returns to the nobleman’s home, a village called Nottingham, he is asked to continue the ruse to protect the nobleman’s land and family. He meets Marion (Cate Blanchett), the wife of the man he’s pretending to be and the two start to fall for each other.

Both Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett turn in better-than-average performances, but it isn’t enough to save the film from its long-winded feel.

As a story being told, the audience really needed more swashbuckling and bit more bravado.

What they received is a dark, brooding and sometimes morose man who is uninspired as a leader. Actually it is Cate Blanchett’s Marion who is more Robin Hood, than the Russell Crowe character.

Robin gets a B for its camerawork and acting. It’s rated PG-13.

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