All's Faire in Love (2011)

7% of critics liked it
(14 reviews)
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College football star Will (Owen Benjamin) arrives at "All's Faire in Love... Renaissance Faire" to work off his class non-attendance obligation to Prof. Shockworthy (Cedric the Entertainer) by joining the rag-tag peasant Greenbriar Theater Troupe. The same is true for Kate (Christina Ricci), a… More College football star Will (Owen Benjamin) arrives at "All's Faire in Love... Renaissance Faire" to work off his class non-attendance obligation to Prof. Shockworthy (Cedric the Entertainer) by joining the rag-tag peasant Greenbriar Theater Troupe. The same is true for Kate (Christina Ricci), a performer who left her investment banking opportunities to join her cousin Jo (Louise Griffiths) to blossom on stage and in Will's heart. Will and Kate get the chance to prove themselves when the Faire's chief benefactress create the ultimate competition to determine who will be a "Royal" and who a "Common Peasant" threatening to hand over the Troupe's most coveted Shakespearean stage at the Faire - to a the treacherous and devious Troupe of Royal lead by Rank (Chris Wylde). -- (C) Official Site

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 44 min.
Directed By: Scott Marshall
Written By: Robert A. White, Jeffrey Ray Wine, Scott Marshall, Jeffrey Wine
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Oct 28, 2011 Limited
Studio: Hannover House

Critic Reviews

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
A dinner of week-old turkey legs and stale mead would be more fun than this Ren Faire-set rom-com disaster.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Peaks with its animated opening credits.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Finding a fresh setting for a comedy is difficult, but a Renaissance fair is too broad a target.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Only Ann-Margret, as the fair's reigning queen, retains her dignity.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Marshall does manage a breezy, good-natured tone toward this oft-mocked cultural phenomenon that allows for eye-rolling and smiling in equal measure.
John Anderson, Variety
We've seen this kind of thing before; it was old when Bill Murray did it in Meatballs.
Susan Granger, SSG Syndicate
Cheeky and underwhelming, quickly to be filed under 'forgettable films.'
David Noh, Film Journal International
A prime contender for 2011's biggest cinematic embarrassment.
Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle
Avoid this one like the pox.
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press
"Faire" is as predictable as boils on a plague victim, and its romantic complications are generic, but the script is amusing and, zounds, it's nice to see Ann-Margret in the supporting role of a RenFest monarch.
Matt Pais, RedEye
If you don't like the word 'penis' but crack up at the use of 'wang,' 'ding dong,' 'wenis' and 'wiener,' this is your movie.
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix
Some name talent probably won't be putting Scott Marshall's 2009 stinker on their résumés.
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
A TV movie-grade romantic farce that's practically medieval in its cornball conventionality.

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Cast

            Christina Ricci as Kate

            Owen Benjamin as Will

            Ann-Margret as Her Majesty the Queen

            Matthew Lillard as Crockett

            Cedric the Entertainer as Prof. Shockworthy

            Louise Griffiths as Jo

            Chris Wylde as Prince Rank

            Nadine Velazquez as Mathilda

            Bill Engvall as Mr. Mendelson

            Martin Klebba as Count Le Petite

            Sandra Taylor as Princess Jeanette

            Blake Friedman as Receptionist

            Jordan M. Carson as Young Business Girl

            Michael D. Ellison as Young Business Guy

            Michael Mendelsohn as Banker

            Tony Stefano as Bubble Butt

            Jonathan Alderman as Cotton

            Jason Echols as Wheels

            Gabriella Mendelsohn as Fencing Girl

            Max Mendelsohn as Fencing Boy

            David Sheridan as Jester Roy/Horny the Unicorn

            Christian Paul Walker as Queen's Guard

            Steve Loria as Jamon

            Peter Ransom as General Tso

            Samantha Chase as Emily

            Rebecca Woolf as Renaissance Girl 1

            Elizabeth S. Woolf as Renaissance Girl 2

            Jason Waugh as Biker Dad

            Madalyn Reed as Witch Booth Girl

            Brandon Reed as Witch Booth Boy

            Mike Dusi as Ticket Scalper

            Kate Hopkins as Mistress of the Lists

            Rana Kirkland as Sally

            Benny as Benny the Dog

            Sandy Taylor as Jeanette
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