‘The Death of Robin Hood’ Review: Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer and Bill Skarsgard Get Mired in the Muck of A24’s Dour Revisionist Take
Listen, I’m no Robin Hood purist. I’m more than willing to see a revisionist take on the legendary folk hero who’s been portrayed on screen many, many times. Sure, I’m partial to a fun, rascally Robin Hood, as embodied by Errol Flynn. Or a mature, pensive Robin Hood, by Sean Connery. Or a surly, vengeful Robin Hood, by Kevin Costner. Hell, I even enjoyed Cary Elwes’ parodistic Robin Hood in one of Mel Brooks’ lesser efforts, Robin Hood: Men in Tights. So if director-screenwriter Michael Sarnoski (Pig, A Quiet Place: Day One) wants to give us a radical version that tells us, as the film’s marketing informs, “He was no hero,” fine.
