The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
Even the most liberal viewer is likely to echo Milady's thoughts of D'Artagnan: "You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart."
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
24 Oct 2011
rotten:
Call it the Robert Downey Jr. Meets Sherlock Holmes Effect. A classic popular adventure gets overblown, juiced-up, and generally CGI-ified.
– Mark Feeney,
Boston Globe,
23 Oct 2011
rotten:
This version of the Musketeers story can't decide if it wants to be an old-fashioned tale of swashbuckling adventure and palace intrigue or a cheeky, effects-heavy rethink of some iconic characters a la the Guy Ritchie-directed Sherlock Holmes.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
21 Oct 2011
rotten:
In the worst possible case, this could go on and on, but please, let's hope it doesn't.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
21 Oct 2011
rotten:
Every time you think it can't get any stupider, it gets right up in your face, calls you "bro," and gets stupider.