Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Leofwine_draca I admit I'd never seen this version of the Dumas novel before so I had no idea what to expect. Not this though: THE THREE MUSKETEERS is a riotous knockabout comedy that favours the slapstick over the serious and goes for a light, anything-goes tone throughout. If you're looking for something even slightly serious then you'd be best advised to look elsewhere...Michael York is our erstwhile young hero, D'Artagnan, who hooks up with the titular trio in order to battle the nefarious plans of various evil doers, including Christopher Lee's one-eyed baddie, Rochefort. This is an ensemble production, but there's so much talent involved that some don't get a look in. Only Oliver Reed stands out as the boozing fighter, and you barely notice Richard Chamberlain or Frank Finlay.Instead we get long comic routines involving Spike Milligan and Raquel Welch's annoyingly ditzy love interest. The incredible cast includes Joss Ackland, Charlton Heston, Simon Ward, Roy Kinnear, and Geraldine Chaplin in minor roles, a lot of them played for laughs. There's a welter of comedic action to enjoy here, but not much in the way of story; the film was successful enough for a sequel, THE FOUR MUSKETEERS, to follow.

vincentlynch-moonoi I was glad to see this film again...after 41 years...because I remembered it being great fun. And it is, but......sometimes the great slapstick gets in the way of why things are happening in the plot......sometimes in the midst of swashbuckling, it's so obvious that one character is waiting for the other to make a certain movement before he makes his movement. A little sloppy.But, as I said, it's great fun...and still my favorite movie adaption of Dumas' story.Michael York heads the cast as d'Artagnan. I remember thinking back then how handsome he was, but now when I look at him he appeared to be bordering on anorexia. Nevertheless, he does a very nice job here as a slightly klutzy musketeer. Oliver Reed was a fine actor, but here as Athos I am afraid he did not put in his finest performance. Frank Finlay was decent as Porthos; most Americans probably won't recognize him, but he also played Jacob Marley in the George C. Scott version of "A Christmas Carol". Richard Chamberlain seems bright and lively as Aramis, although his screen-time seems less than it should be. Geraldine Chaplin is along as the Queen. Charlton Heston as Cardinal Richelieu (nice job). Faye Dunaway is mildly interesting as Milady de Winter, but again, this is hardly her best performance. Christopher Lee is decent as the Count De Rochefort. Simon Ward has one of the better roles as the Duke of Buckingham. Raquel Welch is shallow (perhaps ankle deep) as a lady in waiting...but she looks good.Perhaps the biggest star here are the sets and costumes, which are, for the most part, rather lavish. Overall, it's a rather entertaining film, but I have a difficult time excusing them for making Dumas' characters into semi-buffoons.

pwix I love movies, and since there are so many kinds it's hard to say that any one is my all-time favorite. But in the space of swashbuckler, or adventure, or adaptations from books, or what have you, I don't know of anything better than this version The Three Musketeers. This version of Musketeers also gets kudos from me for its faithfulness to the book. It is so rare for great books to be made into great movies, or even good ones, but they did it! Last of all, they made the story funnier than the book was without taking anything away from the story. Bravo to Mr. Lester and all concerned. To wit: One of my favorite lines of comedy was: "He's torn the carpet!" Remember the scene?

JasparLamarCrabb Richard Lester turns the Dumas classic into a rollicking swashbuckler full of adventure, thrills and A LOT of humor. Casting actors not necessarily known for comedy was probably his smartest move as they all take the proceedings quite seriously thereby NOT turning the film into an out-and-out spoof. Michael York is perfect as the hyper helpful (albiet mostly incompetent) D'Artagnan as are Oliver Reed, Frank Finley, and Richard Chamberlain as respectively, Athos, Porthos and Aramis. Charlton Heston make a great villain as Richelieu, pulling the sinister strings of Faye Dunaway (as Milady) and Christopher Lee (as the cycloptic Rochefort). Both Dunaway and Lee are excellent. However, they're all nearly outshone by Raquel Welch as a very klutzy Constance. This is surely her best film role. Lester assembled an unusually strong production crew, including cinematography by David Watkin, a very rousing music score by Michel Legrand and exquisite costumes by Yvonne Blake. The large cast also includes comic Spike Milligan & Lester regular Roy Kinnear. Jean-Pierre Cassel makes for a very funny Louis XIII and Geraldine Chaplin is very fetching as Queen Anne. So good is this film, the producers smartly broke it into two...following this with the equally successful THE FOUR MUSKETEERS.