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The Guardian - Culture: Film Edit Unfollow The Adventures of Maid Marian review – historical clunker with a boyband Robin Hood by Cath Clarke May 4, 2022 Almost comically unmedieval, this new take on the legend lacks the budget and acting chops of previous Hollywood versions ‘You heard me, yeah?” That’s Robin Hood, back in Nottingham after three years away on the Crusades, trying to persuade Maid Marian to finally marry him. Sticklers for 12th-century accuracy look away now. Bill Thomas’s historical clunker takes its cue from the Guy Ritchie approach to ye olde times authenticity, but without the studio budget to pull off the action scenes. This is the legend of Robin Hood told from the perspective of Maid Marian, with bit of female kick-assery standing in for feminism. It opens with Marian (Sophie Craig) hiding out in a convent while Robin is off fighting. Pretending to be a novitiate called Sister Matilda, she is dying of boredom. Her one hobby is sneaking out past the mother superior to poach deer for starving peasants (and lamping soldiers who get her way). Continue reading... Continue Reading

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