Robin Hood - Men in Tights
 | Directed by Mel Brooks 20th Century Fox, 1993, DVD Customer Rating: 223 reviews Recommend |
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Cary Elwes stars as Robin Hood, the dashing defender of the down-trodden, who along with his merry men and Maid Marion, resides in Sherwood Forest. There they have become together to fight against the seriously neurotic Prince John, the not quite-evil Sheriff of Rottingham, and the mad scorceress Latrine.
It's not Blazing Saddles, but there are some chuckles to be found in Mel Brooks's 1993 spoof of the Robin Hood legend. Cary Elwes is Robin (with a lighthearted jab at Kevin Costner's bad English accent in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), while Richard Lewis plays an angst-ridden King John, and Roger Rees a snotty Sheriff of Nottingham. Comic David Chappelle has some good moments as the only black member of Robins's noble thieves, and Brooks does his own spin on Friar Tuck: Rabbi Tuchman. The song-and-dance sequences featuring a chorus line of the Merry Men ("We're men / men in tights") is vintage Brooks, but otherwise the film can't get any traction. — Tom Keogh
Title: Robin Hood - Men in Tights
Sales Rank: 2223 in DVD
Director: Mel Brooks
Studio: 20th Century Fox, 2006-09-05, Theatrical Release: 1993-07-28
Format: Color, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.85:1
Languages: English (Original Language)
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 104 minutes
Item Dimensions: 0.2 pounds
Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches, 0.2 pounds
- cheesy cornball
- The Robin Hood legend with juvenile jokes. I actually did laugh a couple of times, but not nearly as much as I expected to. It seemed like they were making it up as they went. More reviews
- Straight, but merry
- This is a good, but not great, comedy from Mel Brooks. Some of the pop culture references hit the mark, but some corny one-liners ruin moments. Visual gags are pointed out way too long, but the ation sequences are well-developed. Big pluses must go to the actors. Elwes, Yasbeck, Chappelle, Rees, DeLuise, and many others… More reviews
- Good, but the jokes are a little bland.
- I know i will catch some criticism for this review, but o well. the movie is funny, but utilizes many cheap jokes, which i find takes from the actual comedy. another one of the few faults i've seen with mel brooks is that some his jokes can be seen a mile away. almost as if he's trying to force comedy instead of letting… More reviews
- Movies like this make me very, very merry...
- A film like `Robin Hood - Men in Tights' is really nothing more than good clean fun, in the lines of Mel Brooks other spoof films. It's more successful than some (yes, I didn't like `Blazing Saddles') and less successful than others (it's no `Young Frankenstein'). The film pokes fun at, none other than, Robin Hood, and in particular… More reviews
- robin Hood men in tights
- There are songs that you will never get out of your head. Our whole family loves this movies… More reviews
