Dev Patel stars as Gawain, nephew to King Arthur. Less translating than revising a medieval story as it moves a warrior s tale from page to screen,
The Green Knight presents its antagonist and title character (played by Ralph Ineson) as a wry, paternal, plant-based monument. Like all monuments, his existence like the film s makes a claim to being worthy of consideration and contemplation, often towering above the concerns of its lead. The
Green Knight wears this self-conscious mantle with some fleeting charm, evoking the almost-funny ironic stylings of a winking dad. The film s writer and director, David Lowery (
A Ghost Story, Pete s Dragon), proves less reverent toward the anonymously penned source material than his own sparsely modernized, lumberingly sly dialogue. Casting Dev Patel in the leading role of Gawain, the film offers up hardly any of the violence suggested by its saturated blood-drips and metal stylings. Turni
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REVIEW: The Green Knight is a refreshing take on Arthurian legend
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