ORIGINAL TITLEThe Green Knight
GENREFantasy · Adventure · Arthurian drama
ABOUT THIS FILM
RUNTIME
130 min
FAMOUS QUOTE
“Why greatness? Why is goodness not enough?”
Vibe
Arthurianmythicearthydreamlikewintermedievalmoralmysteriousslow-burnChristmas-cycle
On Christmas Day Gawain accepts the Green Knight's challenge; one year later he must reach the Green Chapel and receive the return blow, turning the holiday into a cycle of moral consequence. Medieval christmas structure, honor, mortality and ethical formation; the season marks the time between a boastful act and the person gawain becomes.
MOVIE NIGHT RANK
#63 of 100
Watch for
- opening Christmas feast
- Dev Patel's vulnerable Gawain
- green imagery and decay
- vision of the life he might live if he refuses
Production notes
A24 identifies Lowery as writer-director and Dev Patel as Gawain; BFI lists about 130 minutes and US/Canada/Ireland production.
Trivia
- Lowery wrote/directed
- A24 released
- Dev Patel stars
- BFI lists 130 minutes
- adapts Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Legacy
one of the most distinctive modern fantasy films; BFI explicitly programs and recommends it as Christmas cinema because the challenge runs from one Christmas to the next.