Should you watch The Last Duel?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Last Duel
Film · 2021
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.
The sides of The Last Duel
- A knight and a squire, old friends turned enemies
- One crime told three times
- A duel to the death in medieval Paris
The Last Duel is good for you if…
- you like a real 14th century trial in mud, steel and castles.
- you want a brutal duel on horseback and on foot.
- you want Jodie Comer as Marguerite, holding her ground against a court of men.
The Last Duel is bad for you if…
- you can't watch a rape on screen. Here you see it twice, from two points of view.
- two and a half hours is too much for you.
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