There Hasn't Been A Great Robin Hood Movie In Almost A Century, And A24 Couldn't Break That Curse

Hugh Jackman with a big grey beard, staring into the middle distance in The Death of Robin Hood.

Let me just say, from the start, that I appreciate what The Death of Robin Hood is going for. The latest A24 release from writer and director Michael Sarnoski is a bold take on the legendary figure, going to places never gone before in the many retellings of the outlaw folk hero. That said, as much as I believed this could be the first truly great Robin Hood movie since the Errol Flynn classic from 1938, it didn’t work for me. And yes, I'm aware there have been other versions that people love, but I don’t.

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