The Reckoning (2004)
40 %
Reviews Counted: 85 Fresh: 34 Rotten:51 Average Rating: 5.6/10
Consensus:
A talky, ponderous movie.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 5, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Set in England during the late 1300s, Paul McGuigan's THE RECKONING follows Nicholas (Paul Bettany), a young priest literally running from his past. After encountering a band of wandering actors, Nicholas is grudgingly allowed into the fold by the good-natured Martin (Willem Dafoe). When... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Paul Bettany, Brian Cox, Gina McKee, Ewen Bremner
Director: Paul McGuigan
Screenwriter: Mark Mills
Producer: Caroline Wood
Composer: Adrian Lee, Mark Mancina
Screenwriter: Mark Mills
Producer: Caroline Wood
Composer: Adrian Lee, Mark Mancina
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10/30/06
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It’s a shame the story’s such a stinker, because this is one great-looking movie.
09/16/05
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07/21/05
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[It's] a film with a lot on its mind -- perhaps too much. ... As it is, philosophical dilemmas spread through the film like a plague until they finally claim its life.
02/01/05
It's disappointing that The Reckoning devolves into a costumed murder mystery a la Jean-Jacques Annaud's 1986 film of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose.
01/29/05
Although raising intriguing questions about the moral obligation dramatists have to throw a spotlight on taboo subjects, The Reckoning offers simplistic solutions.
06/08/04
Builds cleverly as the mystery deepens, then struggles to bring it all to a conclusion.
06/05/04
Wraps itself around Bettany’s guilty secrets like a hot-water bottle, leaving more interesting characters in the moral cold
06/02/04
A multilayered snapshot of a decayed and disintegrating feudal system that richly develops themes and characters with an eerie modern resonance.
05/13/04
It is, despite the distractions, just a simple murder story, and the revelations in the end are hardly surprising or noteworthy.
04/24/04
As an existential awakening into the light and triumph of rational thought over superstition, it's an engaging film, but as a murder mystery it plods along as though weighted down by the heavens and more.
04/17/04
… the premise and setting that are intriguing, but the obvious foreshadowing and labored attempt to slowly unravel the facts surrounding the plot are drawbacks.
04/09/04
All that black, combined with the mundanity of the second act, induces us to close our eyes.
04/09/04
The interesting insights give way to undercover constables, and gut-spilling villains
04/09/04
Collapses under the weight of unlikely melodrama and over-pretty visual flourishes...
04/05/04
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