Tommy Wirkola's film suggests A Knight's Tale as penned by Seth MacFarlane.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
This genre stew throws in so many ingredients - including sundry body parts that are cut off and go flying, and heads that explode - that the result is a tasteless mash-up that's hard to stomach.
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Even if he's slumming, Renner gets it best: his dry delivery fully acknowledges the movie's ridiculousness. If you're planning on entering this fractured fairy tale, you'll want to follow his lead.
Not only is not even a single character more than one-dimensional, but every line falls flatter than a witch dispatched with a Gatling gun.
Entertainment Weekly by Keith Staskiewicz
An intermittently fun, but overexcited and predictable mish-mash.
An exceedingly dull and stillborn attempt to update the Brothers Grimm.
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
What to say about this lame-brained, limp dick attempt to update a classic Brothers Grimm tale into an f-bomb throwing vomit-inducing 3D franchise? I say, screw the damn thing and run the other way.
The Hollywood Reporter by Stephen Farber
The film is smart enough not to wear out its welcome. But that's the only sign of true intelligence in this juvenile caper.