The Last Duel
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King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.
What critics thought
Ridley Scott's Rashomon-structured medieval epic earned broadly favorable notices for its performances and audacious ambition, but critics were sharply divided on whether its three-perspective structure illuminates its #MeToo themes or merely exhausts the viewer — and several found the film tipping into unintentional self-parody. The screenplay drew particular scrutiny, with admires calling it genuinely daring and detractors finding it cluttered, repetitive, and too blunt an instrument for its complex subject matter.
“Despite a brief action interlude here or there, The Last Duel turns out to be a lavishly convoluted and, at times, rather interesting medieval soap opera.”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“something all too rare on the current Hollywood field of battle: an intelligent and genuinely daring big budget melee that is — above all else — the product of recognizable artistic collaboration.”
Ben Croll·IndieWire
“the narrative is cluttered with court intrigue against a background of repetitive battles, and the storytelling structure is exhausting.”
Joe Morgenstern·The Wall Street Journal
“ends up perching so close to parody at times that you'd swear the full title was Monty Python's The Last Duel.”
David Fear·Rolling Stone
“It works because it doesn't try to retrofit the facts of the past to fit the assumptions of the present.”
Kyle Smith·National Review
Genres
Drama, History, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Ridley ScottDirector
Matt DamonSir Jean de Carrouges
Adam DriverJacques Le Gris
Jodie ComerMarguerite de Carrouges
Ben AffleckPierre d'Alençon
Harriet WalterNicole de Carrouges
Marton CsokasCrespin
Alex LawtherKing Charles VI
William HoustonHerald at the Duel
Oliver CottonJean de Carrouges III
Željko IvanekLe Coq
Nathaniel ParkerSir Robert de Thibouville
Tallulah HaddonMarie
Harry Gregson-WilliamsComposerMatt DamonWriterBen AffleckWriter
Nicole HolofcenerWriter
Dariusz WolskiCinematographyThe Last Duel
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.
What critics thought
Ridley Scott's Rashomon-structured medieval epic earned broadly favorable notices for its performances and audacious ambition, but critics were sharply divided on whether its three-perspective structure illuminates its #MeToo themes or merely exhausts the viewer — and several found the film tipping into unintentional self-parody. The screenplay drew particular scrutiny, with admires calling it genuinely daring and detractors finding it cluttered, repetitive, and too blunt an instrument for its complex subject matter.
“Despite a brief action interlude here or there, The Last Duel turns out to be a lavishly convoluted and, at times, rather interesting medieval soap opera.”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“something all too rare on the current Hollywood field of battle: an intelligent and genuinely daring big budget melee that is — above all else — the product of recognizable artistic collaboration.”
Ben Croll·IndieWire
“the narrative is cluttered with court intrigue against a background of repetitive battles, and the storytelling structure is exhausting.”
Joe Morgenstern·The Wall Street Journal
“ends up perching so close to parody at times that you'd swear the full title was Monty Python's The Last Duel.”
David Fear·Rolling Stone
“It works because it doesn't try to retrofit the facts of the past to fit the assumptions of the present.”
Kyle Smith·National Review
Genres
Drama, History, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Ridley ScottDirectorMatt DamonSir Jean de CarrougesAdam DriverJacques Le GrisJodie ComerMarguerite de CarrougesBen AffleckPierre d'AlençonHarriet WalterNicole de CarrougesMarton CsokasCrespinAlex LawtherKing Charles VIWilliam HoustonHerald at the DuelOliver CottonJean de Carrouges IIIŽeljko IvanekLe CoqNathaniel ParkerSir Robert de ThibouvilleTallulah HaddonMarieHarry Gregson-WilliamsComposerMatt DamonWriterBen AffleckWriterNicole HolofcenerWriterDariusz WolskiCinematographyRent & Buy