New home-video releases Aug 2, 2004
"The Reckoning" -- Willem Dafoe and Paul Bettany star in a medieval murder mystery involving an acting troupe and a disgraced priest who stage a theatrical recreation to dig out the truth about a boy's death. DVD, $29. (SFGate.com -- Arts Breaking News)
The Cat's Meow (12A); The Reckoning (15) Jun 4, 2004
First it was football hooligans in his adaptation of Irving Welsh's The Acid House, then psychotic hoodlums in Gangster No.1, and now, in The Reckoning, he goes all the way back to 14th-century England to uncover murder most foul in a plague town ... Up to this point, it should be said, The Reckoning has sped along absorbingly, edited to a swift, confident rhythm by Andrew Hulme and nicely acted. (The Independent, UK -- Enjoyment)
Willem Dafoe Is Surrounding Us Mar 14, 2004
"The Reckoning," opening Friday at Bay Area theaters, features Dafoe as a thespian detective in the Middle Ages. After taking in a fallen priest (Paul Bettany) on the lam, Dafoe and his acting troupe visit a remote village where a woman has been wrongly accused of murdering an 11-year-old boy. (Google News Canada -- Entertainment)
Boston Globe Mar 13, 2004
Listless 'Reckoning' comes alive too late ... Although after 100-odd minutes with ``The Reckoning,'' they are the only funny ones ... Set in the England of 1390, ``The Reckoning'' casts Willem Dafoe and Paul Bettany as two men - an actor and a priest turned actor - trying to save a woman from a public hanging. (Google News Canada -- Entertainment)
Listless 'Reckoning' comes alive too late Mar 12, 2004
Although after 100-odd minutes with ``The Reckoning,'' they are the only funny ones. Set in the England of 1390, ``The Reckoning'' casts Willem Dafoe and Paul Bettany as two men - an actor and a priest turned actor - trying to save a woman from a public hanging ... Just when you think his movie image couldn't get creepier, Dafoe uses ``The Reckoning'' to scare you into thinking you could walk into the gym and find him teaching your yoga class. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Chicago Tribune (subscription) Mar 12, 2004
com: Movie review: 'The Reckoning ... Tell us what you think of "The Reckoning." ... Movie review: 'The Reckoning' By Robert K. Elder Chicago Tribune Staff Writer 2-1/2 stars (out of 4). (Google News Canada -- Entertainment)
Washington Times Mar 12, 2004
"The Reckoning" is gussied up in period dress and grad school musings on the birth of secular/realist dramaturgy, but really it's a game of medieval "Clue." Set in 14th-century England, Paul McGuigan's adaptation of novelist Barry Unsworth's "Morality Play," itself a tweaking of Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose," follows a troupe of itinerant actors who stage rote biblical plays into a country village, where unsolved murder mysteries and pandemic disease await ... When they arrive in the... (Google News Canada -- Entertainment)
The Reckoning ** Mar 12, 2004
The ReckoningDirected by Paul McGuiganWritten by Mark MillsStarring Paul Bethany, Willem Dafoe and Brian CoxClassification: 14ARating. One thing The Reckoning has going for it is interesting timing, opening in Canada as Mel Gibson's blockbuster The Passion of The Christ rules the box office ... Now here comes The Reckoning, set in medieval times, in which the heroes are actors who throw out the old-style religious theatrics for a new drawn-from-life drama. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
At the Movies: `The Reckoning' Mar 4, 2004
At the Movies: `The Reckoning ... The play's the thing in "The Reckoning," one of many things going on in a film that's admirable for its ambition and its strong performances, but sometimes feels too jam-packed ... And as Nicholas and Martin investigate in hopes of learning the truth, "The Reckoning" starts to feel like "CSI: 14th Century England.". (SFGate.com -- Arts Breaking News)
Highlights of Hollywood's film lineup for 2004 Jan 25, 2004
THE RECKONING: A rebel priest (Paul Bettany) and an acting troupe stage a performance to solve a murder in 14th century England.With Willem Dafoe. (Topeka Capital-Journal -- Entertainment)
