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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    Lawrence is miraculous, as always. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    It has more hilarious throwaway lines than most comedies offer up as their best jokes, and it is consistently inspired, energetic and, most important, light on its feet. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Martin Lawrence finally gets to show what he can do as a screen comedian. Read full review

  • 70
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    It's a shrewd little comedy that uses good British actors to challenge its star, who rises to the occasion. Read full review

  • 58
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Lawrence, as always, exerts the appeal of a con man too lightweight to buy into his own con. He'd be funnier, though, if he didn't insist on being the only funny thing in the room. Read full review

  • 50
    Boston Globe | Jay Carr

    It's hard to find the movie unpleasant, but it's hard to imagine it causing any strong reaction at all. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    We had hoped for just a funny movie, but instead we get some laughs and plenty of yawns. Read full review

  • 30
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Arriving so soon after "A Knight's Tale" -- and the 25th-anniversary reissue of the classic "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," Black Knight is a textbook example of too much, too late. Read full review

  • 30
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    This time-travel scenario is by now shopworn, and the normally riotous Lawrence, a manic and gifted clown, is hamstrung in his efforts to eke humor from the anemic script. Read full review

  • 20
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    A movie that knows its audience. Its underlying philosophy might be: why try harder when this is all they expect? Read full review

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