Black Knight

Black Knight (2001)

  • 14% of critics liked it
    (96 reviews)

  • 46% of users liked it
    (154,261 ratings)

Screenwriter Darryl Quarles follows up his smash hit Big Momma's House (2000) with another raucous Martin Lawrence collaboration. Lawrence stars as Jamal Walker, an employee at a medieval-themed mini-golf course who wakes up in 14th century England after a blow to the head. Jamal has soon allied… More

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Nov 21, 2001 Wide
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

    A single fish-out-of-water joke told over and over again.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    Martin Lawrence [stars] as a theme park worker who falls into a scummy moat and surfaces in the Middle Ages -- perhaps in search of people who would find his humor fresh and original. No such luck.

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

    Tedious and predictable.

  • Mark Holcomb, Village Voice

    Paint-by-numbers cliché-fest.

  • Joe Leydon, Variety

    Black Knight isn't awful, strictly speaking, just tepid and predictable.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Marc L


    While it's not one of the best comedies I've ever seen, it's still really good. Some nice fight scenes, some great humor, a good script for a comedy. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it deserves a bit better than 14%. Granted, there were a few scenes that weren't… More

  • Lady D


    More comical than expected, lots of predictability, but a light hearted, easy watching, no brainer

  • Jason O


    Previews made it look hilarious, but watch it and you'll see how misled they were.

  • Anthony L


    Martin Lawrence shows us that only through understanding will we defeat evil in all its incarnations. What a load of bollocks! Crap film, avoid at all costs.

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