The Lion in Winter (2003)
The Lion in Winter Photos
Movie Info
Cast
as Henry II of England
as Eleanor Of Aquitaine
as Phillip
as Richard the Lionheart
as Geoffrey
as Prince John

as Captain William Marshall

as Alais
News & Interviews for The Lion in Winter
Critic Reviews for The Lion in Winter
All Critics (1) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (1)
Showtime's version starts out as if intending such insouciance, but the soufflé soon falls to solemn pancake dough.

Audience Reviews for The Lion in Winter
Excellent version of the classic although not quite up to the unbeatable Katharine Hepburn/Peter O'Toole masterpiece.

Super Reviewer
King Henry II invites his estranged wife and three children to celebrate Christmas with his mistress, and the three sons vie for the throne. This remake is high family drama, and Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close bring energy to their roles. But there's not a lot that's particularly deep about the performances or the film as a whole. In fact, afterward I struggled to figure out what the film was saying. It's hard to reduce such a classic story to mere melodrama, but I fear that's all I saw. Overall, it's fun to watch, but the film's backbone is hard to pin down.

Super Reviewer
Glenn Close and Patrick Stewart are really great in the made for TV version of the Lion in Winter.
Super Reviewer
The Lion in Winter Quotes
King Henry II: | Now listen to me boy... |
Phillip: | [holds up a finger to stop him] I am a king, I am no man's boy! |
John: | He has a knife, a knife! |
Eleanor Of Aquitaine: | Of course he has a knife! I have a knife. We all have knives. It's 1183 and we're all barbarians! |
Eleanor Of Aquitaine: | Every family has their problems. . . |
Eleanor Of Aquitaine: | Every family has their problems. |