85
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56 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100ConsequenceClint WorthingtonConsequenceClint WorthingtonDavid Lowery deconstructs the hero's journey with this sumptuous dark fantasy.
- 100RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoIt is scary, sexy, and strange in ways that American films are rarely allowed to be, culminating in a sequence that cast the whole film in a new light for this viewer. We're all just sitting in that banquet hall, listening to the story requested by King Arthur, told by a master storyteller.
- 100The PlaylistCarlos AguilarThe PlaylistCarlos AguilarTold in sumptuously gritty imagery, this epic feat of bold imagination, unconcerned with mitigating its creative force for the sake of unadventurous audiences, has an unconventional film grammar and irregular structure that peers into the different possible outcomes of the would-be paladin’s trek.
- 100SlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiSlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiThe enormity of this film intimidates me. And it hypnotizes me, and seduces me, and captures me until it feels as if the green has grown like moss over my entire body. But rather than threatening to choke, The Green Knight injects a new source of oxygen into the sword-and-sorcery genre.
- 91The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe power of Lowery’s work here is to filter his many influences into a singular vision that feels entirely in his sole possession.
- 91IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichStoned out of its mind and shot with a genre-tweaking mastery that should make John Boorman proud, it’s also the rare movie that knows exactly what it is, which is an even rarer movie that’s perfectly comfortable not knowing exactly what it is.
- 90IGNKristy PuchkoIGNKristy PuchkoThe Green Knight is truly astounding.
- 88USA TodayBrian TruittUSA TodayBrian TruittSeveral heads roll though it’s your mind that'll get truly blown by The Green Knight, a visually dazzling and thoughtful trip back to Camelot.
- 83The A.V. ClubA.A. DowdThe A.V. ClubA.A. DowdHere, the Texas writer-director revels in the opportunity to create image after image worthy of immortalization: The Green Knight is his most purely striking achievement, offering sprawling forests bathed in ghostly orange light and overhead shots that suggest the surveying eye of a curious god.
- 80The GuardianCharles BramescoThe GuardianCharles BramescoDavid Lowery’s complex, visually sumptuous and uncommercial tale of Arthurian legend revels in upending expectations.