Synopsis
Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
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Cast
- Matthew BroderickPhillipe Gaston
- Rutger HauerCaptain Etienne Navarre
- Michelle PfeifferIsabeau d'Anjou
- Alfred MolinaCezar
- John WoodBishop of Aquila
- Leo McKernFather Imperius
- Ken HutchisonMarquet
- Giancarlo PreteFornac
- Loris LoddiJehan
- Charles BorromelInsane Prisoner
Recommendations
- 90
Los Angeles Times
Laced with medieval magic, it has stalwart knights and tremulously fine ladies, heavy-hoofed horses who might have clattered straight out of German fairy tales and broadswords so heavy you or I could never heft them. Most of all, it is a bold, beautiful, marvelous vision. - 88
Chicago Tribune
It's a tribute to the quality of writing, direction and photography in this film that we willingly go along with the story. - 80
Empire
This is a criminally neglected piece of good gothic fairy tale fun. - 80
Variety
LadyHawke is a very likeable, very well-made fairytale that insists on a wish for its lovers to live happily ever after. - 80
Washington Post
A happy, scenic, sumptuous film. [12 Apr 1995, p.25] - 70
Time Out
All rather facile sword-and-sorcery stuff, of course, but at times very funny (special mention to McKern as a bumbling priest) and always beautifully photographed in the Italian Dolomites. - 60
The Dissolve
Donner moves the film at an unhurried pace. The action scenes, for which Broderick and Hauer seem to have done quite a few of their own stunts, are fun, if not especially ambitious, and spaced out between long stretches of Mouse and Etienne traveling the countryside. But, oh, what countryside! - 50
The New York Times
Mr. Donner has obvious difficulty coordinating the various elements of the overall vision.
