Review by Marty Mapes
A Knight's Tale follows three squires whose master has died in the middle of a jousting contest. Rather than face unemployment, one of the squires (Heath Ledger) dons his master's armor and goes on to win the tournament. The story is built on the same skeleton (including a loud rock soundtrack) as every other sports movie. The only difference is that this one is set in the twelfth century. By all rights, A Knight's Tale should be a bland, brainless summer action film, but it is a notch better. The joust scenes are well staged and well edited, the setting is novel, the characters are affable and charismatic.

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