The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938

Frank S. Nugent, New York Times: Few storybooks have been more brilliantly brought to life, page for page, chapter for chapter, derring-do for derring-do. Read more

Don Druker, Chicago Reader: Movies like this are beyond criticism. Read more

Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News: Sumptuous and highly energetic, The Adventures of Robin Hood is grand with a capital 'G' on every level. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: In these cynical days when swashbucklers cannot be presented without an ironic subtext, this great 1938 film exists in an eternal summer of bravery and romance. Read more

TIME Magazine: If prankish Fairbanks was a man's Robin Hood, handsome, romantic Flynn performs for everybody else. Read more

Time Out: One of the few great adventure movies that you can pretend you are treating the kids to when you are really treating yourself. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: It is cinematic pageantry at its best, a highly imaginative telling of folklore in all the hues of Technicolor. Read more

Elliott Stein, Village Voice: Movie pageantry at its best, done in the grand manner of silent spectacles, brimming over with the sort of primitive energy that drew people to the movies in the first place. Read more