Fresh
Strikes a good balance between action and romance in this version of the medieval legend.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Tristan & Isolde
Fighting countries can still love...
2006 · 2h 5m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Kevin Reynolds
Overview
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
31%
Tomatometer
Rotten
[Tristan and Isolde] moves so sluggishly that someone must have been dosing the cast and crew with Nyquil.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
Rotten
Pretty and rather dull.
Martin Hoyle, Time Out
Rotten
It's so cheesy and corny.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
A serious, old-fashioned, history-heavy romance.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
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