Storyline
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers.
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Cast
David O'Hara, Bronagh Gallagher, James Franco, Thomas Morris, Mark Strong, Dexter Fletcher, Ronan Vibert, Jamie Thomas King, Leo Gregory, Sophia Myles, Marek Vašut, Henry Cavill, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, J. B. Blanc, Hans Martin Stier, Miroslav Šimůnek, Lucy Russell, Wolfgang Müller, Rufus Sewell, Richard Dillane, Graham Mullins, Cheyenne Rushing, Barbora Kodetová, Isobel Moynihan, Gordon Truefitt, Myles Taylor, Jack Montgomery, David Fisher, Bronwen Davies, Kevin Flood, Philip O'Sullivan, Nevan Finegan, Jón Ólafsson, Todd Kramer, Winter Ave Zoli
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Reviews
75
By removing elements of magic and operatic excess from the story, the brothers Scott focus on what is, underneath, a story as tragic (and less contrived) as the one cited in the ads, "Romeo and Juliet."
70
This "Tristan" has its slightly silly moments, but rather like those fondly remembered epics of Hollywood past, its energy and entertainment value carry the day.
63
Franco, the hollow-cheeked, pouty-lipped actor best known as Spider-Man's nemesis Harry Osborn, plays Tristan like a biker boy with a broadsword.
60
Just as there is something undeniably pleasant about an entertainment like Tristan & Isolde that delivers exactly what it promises, no less, no more.
50
Dallas Observer
In the end, the filmmakers strike a bad bargain between action and myth: In their obvious attempt to shoo everyone into the tent--romantic and roughneck alike--they don't serve either end of the spectrum very well.
