Rate this Movie Help Icon

Legend (1986)

52 ^%

Tomatometer

How does the Tomatometer work Help Icon

Reviews Counted: 21

Fresh: 11

Rotten:10

Average Rating: 5.4/10

Runtime: 5 hrs 2 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Director Ridley Scott's lush fantasy film stars the young Tom Cruise as Jack, a peasant who lives in an enchanted forest with his beloved Lili (Mia Sara). One day, while quietly gamboling in a glade, the pair is distracted by the appearance... [More]

Starring: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, Billy Barty

Director: Ridley Scott

[See More Credits]

Get This Movie

Buy DVD

Release:

Nov 21, 2000

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

Region 1
2-Disc Set
Keep Case

Disc One:

Director's Cut
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
DTS Surround 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

Audio Commentary
Alternate Audio Track - 1. Jerry Goldsmith's Original Score

Disc Two:

Theatrical Version
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

Dolby Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

Making-of - 1. CREATING A MYTH
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

Screenplay
Storyboards
Production Notes
Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew
DVD-ROM Features

Reviews for Legend

1 - 20 (sorted by date)

Text View | 1 2 >> >|

Thatcher. Reagan. Flock of Seagulls. These weren't the only evil things from the 1980s. There were also Hollywood fantasy movies such as this one . . .

Full Review

Comment

11/06/07

James O'Ehley

Sci-Fi Movie Page

N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review

Comment

06/24/06

Geoff Andrew

Time Out

N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review

Comment

05/26/06

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

No review available.

Comment

07/23/05

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

Comment

01/14/05

Audrey Rock-Richardson

Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

No review available.

Comment

12/26/04

Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

No review available.

Comment

03/27/04

Nicolas Lacroix

EnPrimeur.ca

No review available.

Comment

03/12/04

Spence D.

IGN Movies

Ridley's misstep.

Comment

10/11/03

Victoria Alexander

FilmsInReview.com

No review available.

Comment

10/05/03

Josh Gilchrist

Billings Outpost (Montana)

No review available.

Comment

07/22/03

David N. Butterworth

rec.arts.movies.reviews

N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review

Comment

05/20/03

Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

The cool costumes and set designs almost make it worthwhile, so long as the sound's turned down and you don't have to hear the witless dialogue

Comment

01/24/03

Luke Y. Thompson

New Times

No review available.

Comment

11/27/02

Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

No review available.

Comment

07/30/02

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

"glorious visuals -- shame about the script"

Comment

07/29/02

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

No review available.

Comment

07/26/02

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Perhaps ahead of its time, certainly too ambitious for its budget and its era, Legend is nevertheless a fascinating film

Full Review

Comment

06/13/02

James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Could have been a genre classic if it had benefited from a meatier screenplay and a studio that didn�t butcher the final product.

Full Review

Comment

05/27/02

Scott Weinberg

Apollo Guide

Ridley Scott's re-edit of Legend contains...heretofore-unseen footage and Jerry Goldsmith's regal original score, and with no pun intended, it's a fantastic film.

Full Review

Comment

05/15/02

Bill Chambers

Film Freak Central

1 - 20 (sorted by date)

Text View | 1 2 >> >|

all

Latest News for Legend

February 07, 2007: Ben Stiller & Tom Cruise: The New Hardy Boys?
Will Tom Cruise resort to comedy in an effort to salvage his semi-damaged image? And if so, is Ben Stiller to be his partner in hilarity? More...

See More Topics...