Ladyhawke

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

Ladyhawke

PG-13
2h 4m
1985

68%

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:

Richard Donner, Lauren Shuler Donner, Harvey Bernhard

Cast:

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

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

68%

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

Reviews

Hero Collector

Matthew Turner

A thoroughly delightful fantasy romance that holds up remarkably well and deserves to be rediscovered by today's younger audiences.

A competent fantasy with likeable heroes and dastardly villains, though the running time is slightly overlong.

Concerning the removal of a certain diabolical curse which keeps two lovers always together, yet always apart, Ladyhawke is a successful, unpretentious little film that uses strong characterization rather than special effects to achieve its goals.

The film is gorgeous to watch, especially since the quality of light is so central to the plot: Is it afternoon or sunset?

Unfortunately, director Richard Donner never quite gets the tone right, and the pace is positively stuporous. The horses gallop, but the film barely canters.

January 4, 2018

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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").

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Additional Info

Genre:Action, Fantasy
Release Date:April 12, 1985
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1
Screen Pass Eligible:Yes

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Ladyhawke

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