Synopsis
Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling Hollywood star and notorious ladies man, flouted convention all his life, but never more brazenly than in his last years when, swimming in vodka and unwilling to face his mortality, he undertook a liaison with an aspiring actress, Beverly Aadland. The two had a high-flying affair that spanned the globe and was enabled by the girl's fame-obsessed mother, Florence. It all came crashing to an end in October 1959, when events forced the relationship into the open, sparking an avalanche of publicity castigating Beverly and her mother - which only fed Florence's need to stay in the spotlight.
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Cast
- Dakota FanningBeverly Aadland
- Susan SarandonFlorence Aadland
- Kevin KlineErrol Flynn
- Patrick St. EspritHerb Aadland
- Sean FlynnGrip
- Max CasellaStanley Kubrick
- Ben WinchellJack
- Matt KaneRonnie Shedlo
Recommendations
- 90
Village Voice
It's Kline who anchors the movie, swan-diving into Flynn's complexities without making excuses for him. - 75
New York Post
Dashing, handsome and self-deprecating, Kevin Kline was born to play Errol Flynn. - 60
New York Daily News
Kline sinks his old smoothie teeth into the part of Flynn, but is careful not to draw blood too easily. The man’s pathetic nature, after all, doesn’t spring from his movies. (Flynn worked right up to his death, in 1959.) It’s deeper than that, but also more shallow. Walking that knife’s edge is a trick. Kline finds exactly the right path. - 50
The A.V. Club
On the sliding scale of low expectations associated with the “I (may or may not have) slept with a famous person” biopic genre, Robin Hood is more smoothly professional and tolerable than the lowly likes of "My Week With Marilyn" or the JFK-adultery-soap opera "An American Affair." - 50
The Dissolve
Directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland (The Fluffer, Quinceañera) do their best to avoid sensationalism, but age difference and statutory rape are the only factors that make the story remotely interesting. - 50
The New York Times
The story comes to feel mild (and incomplete) in its tempered nostalgia. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Writers and directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland have crafted a solid script... Holding the enterprise back, however, is a terribly restrained directorial approach and academic visual style that prevent the lubricious story from truly coming to life. - 50
Variety
The script represents a too-tame middle ground, which gives the unfortunate impression that perhaps the filmmakers want us to empathize with this icky romance.
