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01/26/06
On Guard (1997)
87 %
Reviews Counted: 30 Fresh: 26 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7/10
Consensus:
A spirited, old-fashioned swashbuckler.
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Synopsis: This superb swashbuckler stars Daniel Auteuil as Legardere, a swordsman in 18th-century France who befriends his fellow fencing student, the dashing Duke de Nevers (Vincent Perez), only to wind up on the run and accused of his murder. Nevers' villainous cousin (Fabrice Luchini) has... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Perez, Marie Gillain, Sacha Bourdo
Director: Phillippe De Broca
Screenwriter: Phillippe De Broca, Jean Cosmos, Jerome Tonnerre
Producer: Patrick Godeau
Composer: Philippe Sarde
Screenwriter: Phillippe De Broca, Jean Cosmos, Jerome Tonnerre
Producer: Patrick Godeau
Composer: Philippe Sarde
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10/05/03
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For both the artsy foreign-film crowd and the blue-collar action-movie fans
05/18/03
Sometimes, nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling. And in this regard, On Guard delivers.
01/24/03
Vastly enjoyable--a stylish, affectionate, old-fashioned swashbuckler...staged with such elan that the result is completely winning.
01/21/03
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01/04/03
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Despite its postdated irrelevance and its dopey title, this Daniel Auteuil vehicle is ludicrous fun.
01/03/03
Turns out to be a nifty swashbuckler whose plot easily could have been lifted from a number of Douglas Fairbanks silent pictures.
12/31/02
In the spirit of Voltaire and Molière, On Guard volleys great wit and deadly gestures in a milieu of lush apparel, landscapes, captivating music and 18th-century lacy sleeves.
12/27/02
A big, gorgeous, sprawling swashbuckler that delivers its diversions in grand, uncomplicated fashion.
12/20/02
“On Guard!” won’t be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world’s best actors, Daniel Auteuil, have a whale of a good time.
12/16/02
This is, not to put too fine a point on it, a swashbuckler, a costume drama. If you love that old story form, you will be in old-fogy heaven, as it is nearly a perfect example of a genre that died out years ago.
11/27/02
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