The Lion in Winter

The Massie Twins of Gone With The Twins

2022-11-18

But dull moments aren’t the issue; this is the kind of production in which audiences must simply wait for the abundance of loathsome personas to destroy themselves – a journey with a certain predictability and dourness and futility, even if it’s routinely smart and funny. Nevertheless, the scripting is superb – a masterfully caustic examination of medieval politics and familial rebellion. Read more

Eric Hillis of The Movie Waffler

2025-03-26

It's all very entertaining until it isn't. At a certain point we find ourselves wishing the drama had more to offer than simply forcing us to watch awful people treating each other awfully, which just isn't enough to justify the film's ultimately patience-testing running time. Read more