Legend

Legend (1986)

  • 48% of critics liked it
    (21 reviews)

  • 72% of users liked it
    (96,655 ratings)

This lavishly staged and costumed fantasy is about young Jack (Tom Cruise) and his lady love Princess Lili (Mia Sara), and how Jack battles Darkness (Tim Curry) to save both the Princess and the world. When the peasant Jack takes Princess Lili to see the unicorns, the strongest animals around, he… More

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PG,
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Genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Apr 18, 1985 Wide
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    All of the special effects in the world, and all of the great makeup, and all of the great Muppet creatures can't save a movie that has no clear idea of its own mission and no joy in its own accomplishment.

  • Steve Biodrowski, Cinefantastique

    This well-done DVD presentation is not going to convince anyone that Legend is a lost classic, but the film is not without merit, and the discs display its best qualities to good effect.

  • James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page

    Thatcher. Reagan. Flock of Seagulls. These weren't the only evil things from the 1980s. There were also Hollywood fantasy movies such as this one . . .

  • Widgett Walls, Needcoffee.com

    While this single-disc has the best features from the two-disc, considering the price point between the two, why wouldn't you just go ahead and go for the Ultimate [Edition]?

  • Victoria Alexander, FilmsInReview.com

    Ridley's misstep.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    Legend looks stunning, it's so dreamy looking, it's the ultimate visualisation of a fairy-tale. It has everything that a good fairy-tale should have too, the story is sound, it has some interesting characters and a brilliant villain. It's just that it seems to have got… More

  • Emil K


    This is in my opinion the best looking film of the 80's along with Ridley Scott's own Blade Runner. Scott shows all the familiar trademarks of him that we have seen in many of his later works with this stunning and majestic fantasy film. In many ways Legend has echoes of… More

  • Everett J


    Growing up, "Legend" was one of my absolute favorite movies. The story, the images, and especially the amazing makeup job of Darkness just did for me what few films did. It's the story of good versus evil in a fairy tale setting. Darkness(Tim Curry) uses a Princess… More

  • Eric S


    Something different this way comes... Having said that, you'd possibly expect more than what you get here. However, good special effects and various creature creations always gathers my interest. We don't really get that anymore, so this is an example of something you look… More

  • Jens S


    Ridley Scott's 1980s fantasy epic brings a lot of cheese and kitsch into the genre, which is also the aspect of the film that didn't age that well. The make-up effects and production design hold up really well after all those years, you gotta admit that the magic forest as… More

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