Critics Review Paul Greengrass’s 'The Uprising' as Uneven Medieval Epic
Reviews for Paul Greengrass's historical drama 'The Uprising,' starring Andrew Garfield, describe it as a harrowing but uneven epic about the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Critics noted intense action sequences but criticized the film's monotonous pacing and ungainly execution.
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Andrew Garfield is no Prince of Thieves in ungainly, un-merry epic The Uprising
A strange and unwieldly film, the production largely plays to Paul Greengrass’s worst instincts, even if there are flashes of inspiration in the margins
By Barry Hertz
Read full article →‘The Uprising’ Review: Andrew Garfield and Paul Greengrass Go Medieval on the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, With Uneven Results
Among medieval hand-held farming tools, the sickle is your best bet for reaping. It’s also just the thing for deadly weaponry in times of a peasant revolt, especially one momentous enough to earn capital letters and its own year marker — the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, for instance. In “The Uprising,” which doesn’t quite come […]
By Guy Lodge
Read full article →‘The Uprising’ Review: Andrew Garfield in Paul Greengrass’ Intense but Monotonous Medieval Actioner
The violent historical drama about the 14th-century Peasants' Revolt also features Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Katherine Waterston, Cosmo Jarvis and Thomasin McKenzie.
By Frank Scheck
Read full article →‘The Uprising’ Review: Andrew Garfield Leads A Revolt Against King Richard ll In Paul Greengrass’ 1381 Epic With Political Relevance To Now
On the heels of this summer’s darker, more dour and reflective, deliberately meditative, if bloody new take on the Robin Hood legend, The Death Of Robin Hood with Hugh Jackman portraying the famous icon’s last days, comes another film set in the same milieu, this one around 1381, that chronicles events that helped inspire the […]
By Pete Hammond
Read full article →The Uprising Review: Harrowing, Heartbreaking, And A Great Modern Epic
Paul Greengrass fits naturally into the epic mold with a massive film that never loses sight of the humanity at the heart of massive conflicts.
By Brandon Zachary
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