You can also help us and other parents by commenting on our Comment box. and Age ratings are systems used to ensure that entertainment content, such as games, but also films, tv shows, and Series, is clearly labeled with a minimum age recommendation based on the content they have. These age ratings provide guidance to consumers, parents, in particular, to help them to decide whether Which movie is good or not for their kids. Karel Roden as Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia.William Moseley as Jaroslav, Žižka’s brother.In other words, leave skepticism behind, and it will rock you.

But if the idea appeals to you, get some popcorn and get ready for a ravishingly good time. If the idea of a medieval jousting movie set to classic rock songs like 'We Will Rock You,' 'Low Rider,' and 'The Boys Are Back in Town' bothers you, forget A KNIGHT'S TALE and rent Ivanhoe instead. If Bachman Turner Overdrive had been around in the 1400s, they would have played 'Taking Care of Business' during combat. The medieval period is a rich and fascinating era that has inspired countless movies and stories. The art direction sets the scene beautifully, and, if you're willing to give it a chance, the music works very well, especially in a dance sequence that shifts about 600 years into David Bowie mid-step. Sossamon, in her first role, is pretty but unimpressive. Ledger holds his own well in his first leading role, and Paul Bettany is completely winning as Chaucer, who may have a gambling problem but who knows the value of words.

Hollywood’s best medieval movies to take us back to the Crusades and the Black Death plague. Kingdom of Heaven (2005, Disney+) This film is a fictional retelling of the life of Balian of Lbelin, defender of Jerusalem. But there's a happily-ever-after ending that is just right for this fairy tale. Joan’s consciousness (played by David Hoffman) gives some great insight into Joan’s inner struggle. The secret of William's low birth is revealed at the most dramatic moment. Of course William meets a beautiful princess ( Shannyn Sossamon) and an arrogant champion who competes with him for the princess and the title (Rufus Sewell, wonderfully brooding as Count Adhemar). This is Ivanhoe crossed with Rocky for a new generation, and it's great silly movie fun. This is one of my favorite films and it helps my students have a better understanding of feudalism and the shift from knights being hired to protect the land, to knights being more like celebrities or professional athletes. That being said, it’s tasteful and they don’t even show anything, they simply cut scene from them laying in a bed, to the next morning. I do this, not because you actually see anything, but moreso because no middle school kid wants to watch a bedroom scene with their teacher, and no teacher wants to watch that with their students. When I show this movie in my 7th grade social studies class, with parent permission of course, I edit out the one scene where it is implied that the two main characters are about to engage in sexual activity. It is completely appropriate, as everyone has a butt, and we all know what they look like. It is a fun tale of a peasant squire who sees an opportunity to improve his station in life, and with the help of his trusted sidekicks, he sets out on his quest to become a real knight and “change his stars.” There’s brief male nudity (buttocks only) in two parts, and it is used for comic relief. This movie is clearly a work of historical fiction - heavy on the fiction. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails. There are some modern nods throughout the movie, primarily in the form of classic rock songs like 'We Will Rock You' and 'The Boys Are Back in Town,' but this nod to modernity takes a turn into product placement territory when the blacksmith of the group, upon giving the knight his newest armor, distinguishes it by carving swooshes that look like the Nike symbol. There's some sexual innuendo: talk of breasts, a mention of having 'uncrossed her legs.' Some language occurs: frequent use of 's-te,' the UK variant of 's-t.' The word 'fonging,' used frequently by one of the characters, can sometimes mean beating someone up, but in other contexts it has an 'F' word connotation. As the quest begins, a naked man suddenly appears and walks past the knight-to-be's entourage brief male nudity (buttocks). A man is shown hanging dead from the gallows. There's frequent jousting and sword-fighting violence: Characters fall off horses, sustain severe bruises, some blood. Parents need to know that A Knight's Tale is a 2001 medieval movie in which a man born a peasant sets out to prove that he's worthy of being a knight.

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