Ladyhawke starring Matthew
Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle
Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, John Wood
Love This Movie. Must Have In Your Collection
This lushly produced fantasy has gained a loyal following since its release
in 1985, and it gave a welcomed boost to the careers of Matthew
Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Rutger Hauer. You have to ignore the
overly aggressive music score (critic Pauline Kael aptly dubbed it disco-
medieval) and director Richard Donners reckless allowance of
anachronistic dialogue and uninspired storytelling, but theres a certain
charm to the movies combination of romance and heroism. Broderick plays
a young thief who comes to the aid of tragic lovers Isabeau (Pfeiffer), who
is cursed to become a hawk every day at sunrise and Navarre (Hauer) who
turns into a wolf at sunset. The curse was cast by an evil sorcerer -bishop
(John Wood), and as Broderick eludes the bishops henchmen, Navarre
struggles to conquer the villain, lift the curse, and be reunited with his love
in human form. The tragedy of this lovers dilemma keeps the movie going,
and Broderick is well cast as a young, medieval variation of Woody Allen. -
-Jeff Shannon
I found this to be one of more likable medieval (13th century) fantasy
movies Ive ever seen. It works because of the great mixture of action,
beautiful photography, likable lead characters, humor, touching romance,
suspense and no offensive language. Yes, here is an adult film that
everyone can watch, and that no cliché.
Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer are handsome leads but Matthew
Broderick, as Phillipe Gaston, is the star of the show. He provides the
humor and is involved in almost every scene.
There is a lot of religion in here, both shown positively and negatively.
Brodericks character acknowledges God and constantly talks to Him.
Hauer refers to Him, too, but Broderick is the talker. However, here is yet
another case of a French Catholic clergyman being the evil bad guy. (Is
one ever shown in a positive light?) John Wood effectively plays the nasty
Bishop of Aqulia.
This is a curse story about two humans who turn into hawk (Pfeiffer) and
wolf (Hauer) by day/night never seeming to be human at the same time so
they can be lovers and live happily ever after.
Overall, even though its about 15 minutes too long, it is a solid film and
one that has been enjoyed by everyone I know who has seen it. Now, if a
sharp Blu-Ray could be made of this, Id buy it all over again.
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