Just perfect...

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

This film deserves to be far better known. It's clever, fun, and a terrific balance of successful Hollywood pacing with non-traditional, non-Hollywood storytelling.Yes, it's a historical murder mystery. But it's a film about excess, as is the recent Marie Antoinette, but this one is darker and more substantive. The dialogue is sharp, often funny, and vaguely unsettling.Like all good films, several elements work together. The photography, the costuming, the soundtrack, and the characterization all underscore the script's emphasis on indulgence. It's really very well done.

The quirkiness that another reviewer objects to is part of this movie's charm. The opening scene, a hanging, where one of the co-participants (a donkey) in an unnatural act is freed upon petition of the townspeople, is simply wonderful and sets the tone for what follows.Not pointed out by any reviewers yet is that the director seems to have reproduced scenes out of European paintings (Flemish, I believe) - the deer in the inn, the man from the inquisition seated in the tavern, the innkeeper's wife and staff gathered to meet the lawyer when he arrives at the in, and more. The lighting, colors, and scene arrangement are faithfully reproduced. This is just one example of the charms of this movie, which is virtually unknown to the public.And one of the most delicious parts is the witch's blessing. Whenever I lend or give away a copy of this, I pointedly give it with my own blessing.

This movie is one of the funniest movies I've seen! However, the humor is very dark. The first scene of the movie suffices to give you the flavor of the rest of it. So, if after the first scene, you are disgusted, or not laughing, you might want to return the movie.

Out of curiosity I watched this film on TV when it came on after midnight mainly because I rather like Colin Firth (handsome fellow!). I'm afraid I simply got lost on the whole thing.I learned more of what the story was meant to be about by the rolling onscreen printed text at the beginning and the end which explained some of the history and background, thank goodness, or I really would have been lost. Otherwise, most of what I saw was: 1) quaint medieval costumes and sombre castle settings, 2) a more mature Colin Firth (the Advocate in the film, I'm told), 3) an odd menagerie of peculiar looking people, tall and extra short, 4) lots of bare bottoms, 5) a series of Firth's worst advocate nightmares become reality, or so it seemed, 6) a case of the plague towards the end. There was a good dose of intrigue and suspicion wrapped up in silence where I guess the viewer was supposed to know what everyone was thinking. Maybe this wasn't my night for connecting. Am I getting old or what?