Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

GUENOT PHILIPPE I discovered this absolute masterpiece several decades ago. I fell in love with it the minute I finished to watch it. So typical of the seventies and its sadness and its disenchantment. It's a true awesome poignant, moving love story, one of the best ever for me. And so millions miles away from the Hollywood films, especially the Kevin Costner's crap. But not the Errol Flynn's feature of course. This is really a sad story, especially where we see Robin Hood and his little army of rogues who train as if they prepared for the war, with straw dummies. You expect a big fight, fierce, bloody...But nothing of this kind happens. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS. They are all eventually wiped out without fight. I highly recommend it. But I perfectly understand that most audiences, used to Hollywood films, don't appreciate this feature that much.

SnoopyStyle Robin Hood (Sean Connery) and Little John (Nicol Williamson) are searching for a treasure for King Richard the Lionheart (Richard Harris). The dictatorial and cruel Richard orders the castle, defended by one crazy old man, stormed killing all the women and children. Robin and Little John escapes after 20 years of crusade but Richard captures them for disobeying him. Richard dies and they go home to Sherwood. England is now ruled by mad King John (Ian Holm). Friar Tuck (Ronnie Barker) and Will Scarlett (Denholm Elliott) tells Robin that Maid Marian (Audrey Hepburn) is now running the nearby Abbey. The Sheriff of Nottingham (Robert Shaw) is as powerful as ever. He comes to arrest Marian in a spat with the Pope and Robin rescues her despite her wishes.It's an absurdist continuation of the Robin Hood tale. The jokes are oddly interesting but not funny. It's fascinating to see some of these classic actors trying to deadpan these jokes. It is probably more appropriate to keep the story totally serious. The great thing about this movie is the deeply felt chemistry between Connery and Hepburn. Their relationship projects a lifetime of world weariness and true love. They are able to keep the movie from completely collapsing. This is a romance no matter how hard the movie tries to inject comedy action scenes.

Dustin Dye If Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn had a child together, he or she would probably be the best-looking kid ever. I assume that is what was going through the casting director's head when she approached this film."Robin and Marian" shows us a Robin Hood story we haven't seen before. Rather than an origin story, we get an outcome story. This is a welcome approach to a tale that has been told so many times that it could easily become dull.In other Robin Hood films, such as the 1922 silent film staring Douglas Fairbanks, 1991's "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" starring Kevin Costner, and 2010's "Robin Hood" staring Russell Crowe, Robin's adventures begin after he returns from the Third Crusade. We're asked to believe that a crusader who had fought alongside the king in the Holy Land would settle down in Sherwood Forest to frolic with Maid Marian, Friar Tuck and the Merry Men.In "Robin and Marian," we learn that Robin's best-known adventures passed 20 years before the events in the film--before Robin joined the crusade. Robin (Connery) has become disillusioned with the crusade after King Richard the Lionheart (Richard Harris, Dumbledore from the first two Harry Potter films) orders his men to attack a crummy, undefended castle for a treasure that doesn't exist. After Richard dies, Robin returns to Nottinghamshire and resumes his relationship with Maid Marian (Hepburn), who has since become a nun, and his rivalry with the Sheriff, all of whom are older and wiser. Robin's old gang comes back to him, and they dream of rising up against the notorious King John (Ian Holm, Bilbo Baggins from "The Lord of the Rings").The youthful innocence of Robin's adventures in Sherwood and his love with Marian is long gone. We learn that Marian attempted suicide after Robin left her. Robin's experience in the crusade has also caused him to mature. Even though Connery is 45 in this movie, he doesn't look a day over 63. Their love now has the maturity of an old couple, and there is no denying there is real chemistry between Connery and Hepburn, which allows the characters to rise above the material.The Sheriff is played by Robert Shaw, resuming his adversarial role against Connery that commenced in the 1963 Bond film "From Russia with Love." Shaw is grim, but sympathetic, as the Sheriff of Nottingham, and is the best Sheriff of any Robin Hood film."Robin and Marian" is a fun film. With the exception of some heavy- handed dialog early on in which the characters talk about historical events that would have been well-known in their day in order to educate the audience, the movie is both playful and touching. The film has effective situational humor throughout, using both slapstick and irony.The scenes between Connery and Hepburn all find the right tone, and the film has a somewhat faded look that helps create a nostalgic atmosphere. However, the fights look clumsy. Director Richard Lester could have taken tips on staging fights from Connery's earlier Bond films. Another technique Lester often employs is to show someone shooting an arrow, cut away, then have the victim with an arrow through his head fall into the frame. This is about as gruesome as the filmmakers could get considering the PG rating (this was before PG-13 was created).Unlike the most recent Hollywood Robin Hood film, this one doesn't pretend so much to be historically accurate, so I won't complain about historical inaccuracies such as Kings Richard and John speaking English, rather than French, or Robin Hood speaking in a thick Scottish accent.Movie connections: Sean Connery would go on to play King Richard in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," as well as appear with Ian Holm in "Time Bandits"--another film with the Robin Hood character. His son, Jason Connery, played Robert of Huntingdon in the British TV series, "Robin of Sherwood."

vincentlynch-moonoi Ready for an analogy? "The Adventures of Robin Hood" starring Errol Flynn is to "The Road To Morocco" with Hope and Crosby, as "Robin And Marian" starring Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn is to the t.v. skit "The Road To Medicare" starring Hope and Crosby.It's certainly nice to see Sean Connery as an old Robin Hood with little swash left in his buckle and Audrey Hepburn as Maid Marian who has become a nun. But there are some problems with this film.First off, what do you think of when you think of Sherwood Forest? Lush England? Oops...the movie was filmed in Spain, so it's rather arid.I know Robin has just come from years fighting in the Crusades, but did he have to look old and scruffy like one of the homeless men who lives under a local bridge? Couldn't Marian have at least trimmed his beard? So, Robin and Little John sneak into the village...looking exactly the same as they did before. And of course, they are immediately recognized by the Sheriff Of Nottingham. Gee, that was bright of them.Now, don't get me wrong. This movie is worth watching. The acting is quite good. You've got Sean Connery, who is very good as an over-the-hill Robin Hood, and Audrey Hepburn is very good as an over-the-hill Lady Marian. Robert Shaw is nastiness personified as the Sheriff of Nottingham. Nicol Williamson is good as Little John. Richard Harris -- only in the opening scenes -- is good as Richard the Lion-Heart. And Denholm Elliott is around as Will Scarlet...although he is so young I didn't recognize him.And the story is quite good...to a point (more about that shortly). Robin once again rescues Marian from the Sheriff Of Nottingham. And all the while they reminisce about the good old days.However. I must condemn this film. SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT ****** How would you feel if at the end of the new Superman film if Lois Lane committed suicide and murdered (of course by using Krptonite) Superman? Well, Robin Hood was an early hero, and the idea that the love of his life -- Marian -- would commit suicide and murder him is just too much for me to swallow. Particularly when he has just intervened to save her from prison. Therefore, this film gets a "1" for me.