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Summary
William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion-assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+15)
Critics 58Audiences 73GoodWatch 65
Tomatometer59%
Metascore56
Audience score79%
Letterboxd · 345 K ratings3.7/5
IMDb7.0
User score7.0
Box office
1.8×its budget
- Budget
- $65 M
- Worldwide
- $117 M
Worldwide it earned $52 M more than it cost.
Running time
2 h 13 min
Longer than most adventure movies, +30 min on the typical 103
typical 103133Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 64 countries, rent or buy in 51 more
+54Released
2001
May 11, 2001
25 years ago
Genres
AdventureDramaRomanceActionLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
MTV Movie & TV Awards2002
- MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance2002Nominated
- MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss2002Nominated
Rated
- PG-13United States
Yes: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for violence and strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
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and 25 more37 people
- Heath LedgerWilliam Thatcher
- Rufus SewellCount Adhemar
- Shannyn SossamonJocelyn
- Paul BettanyGeoffrey Chaucer
- Laura FraserKate
- Mark AddyRoland
- Alan TudykWat
- Bérénice BejoChristiana
Scott HandyGermaine
James PurefoyColville- LCLeagh ConwellYoung William Thatcher
Christopher CazenoveJohn Thatcher
Steven O'DonnellSimon the Summoner
Jonathan SlingerPeter the Pardoner
Nick BrimbleSir Ector
Karel DobrýFlanders King of Arms
Philip LenkowskyRouen King of Arms
Roger Ashton-GriffithsOld Bishop
Petr MeisselSword Official- MMMatthew MillsColville's Herald
Daniel RousLocal Earl Lagny- VKVladimír KulhavýFence
- MMMiroslav MokosFrench Squire
Noel le BonFrench Squire
Directing · 7
- Brian Helgeland Director, Writer, Producer
- Allan Graf Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- Petr Drozda Second Second Assistant Director
- William Booker Second Assistant Director
- Jiří Ostrý First Assistant Director
- Jez Oakley Assistant Director
Production · 20
- Todd Black Producer
- Tim Van Rellim Producer
- Francine Maisler Casting
- Suzanne Smith Crowley Local Casting
- Meg Leonard Casting Assistant
- Petr Moravec Production Supervisor
Camera · 17
- Richard Greatrex Director of Photography
- Simon Finney First Assistant Camera
- Václav Kareš Camera Loader
- Zdeněk Mrkvička Assistant Camera
- Gary Spratling Additional Camera
- Jeremy Braben Aerial Director of Photography
Editing · 5
- Kevin Stitt Editor
- Dennis McNeill Color Timer
- Mo Henry Negative Cutter
- Peter McNulty First Assistant Editor
- Steven A. Calabro Assistant Editor
Sound · 23
- Carter Burwell Original Music Composer
- Jon Johnson Supervising Sound Editor
- Laura Graham ADR Editor
- Gary A. Hecker Foley Artist
- Bruce Stubblefield ADR Supervisor
- Howard London ADR Mixer
Art · 11
- Tony Burrough Production Design
- Dominic Smithers Set Decoration
- John Hill Art Direction
- Jiří Žůček Set Decoration
- Noel Cowell Property Master
- Mark Kebby Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 10
- Caroline Harris Costume Design
- Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore Contact Lens Technician
- Pebbles Day Key Hair Stylist, Key Makeup Artist
- Fae Hammond Makeup Supervisor
- Marco Scotti Costume Supervisor
- Iveta Trmalová Wardrobe Supervisor
Visual Effects · 5
- Tim Burke Visual Effects Supervisor
- Mark Bakowski Digital Compositors
- Paul Edwards Visual Effects Producer
- Paul Whybrow Special Effects Supervisor
- Rob Dunbar Visual Effects
Lighting · 4
- Andy Arnautov Chief Lighting Technician
- Václav Čermák Electrician
- David Gray Standby Rigger
- Jaroslav Jiříček Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Other crew · 15
- Paul Weston Fight Choreographer
- Paul Dimmer Special Effects Technician
- Roman Jankovič Stunt Double
- Herbert Heissler Stunts
- Stanley Brossette Unit Publicist
- Silvia Jančulová Transportation Captain
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