Ladyhawke

Name: Ladyhawke
Released: 1985-4-12
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, Ken Hutchison

Ladyhawke

PG-13
2h 4m
1985

64%

age 12+

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Ladyhawke is an enchanting tale of a beauty (Michelle Pfeiffer), a knight (Rutger Hauer) – and a pickpocket known as the Mouse (Matthew Broderick). Once the knight and the lady were lovers. Now the curse of an evil bishop (John Wood) keeps them "always together, eternally apart." By day she is a hawk, by night he is a wolf. To end the evil spell, the knight vows to break into the bishop's stronghold, with help from the Mouse. Directed by Richard Donner and photographed by three-time Academy Award®-winner Vittorio Storaro, Ladyhawke "is the most congenial spot for happy ever aftering since Camelot" (Rita Kempley, The Washington Post).

Director:

Richard Donner

Producer:

Cast:

Rutger Hauer, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, Ken Hutchison, John Wood, Alfred Molina, Giancarlo Prete

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

64%

Critics Consensus: There's pacing problems, but Ladyhawke has an undeniable romantic sweep that's stronger than most fantasy epics of its ilk.

Reviews

Patheos

Eve Tushnet

The film is gorgeous to watch, especially since the quality of light is so central to the plot: Is...

Unfortunately, director Richard Donner never quite gets the tone right, and the pace is positively...

Messy, dated romantic fantasy is dull and violent.

It's a likable-enough adventure that feels much smaller than the widescreen landscapes in which it...

August 15, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Kaplan vs. Kaplan

David Kaplan

June 21, 2017

Common Sense Media

age 12+

Common Sense Says

Messy, dated romantic fantasy is dull and violent.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Ladyhawke is a dopey 1985 romantic fantasy that will probably bore most kids and sorely try the patience of most grown-ups. Expect the slashing and impaling common to cinematic portrayals of medieval violence. Blood drips from a victim's mouth but is otherwise scarce. Several people are stabbed or pierced with arrows. One falls though ice into a wintry pond. There is a drunk priest and some mild profanity ("hell" and "damn").