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Robert the Bruce Reviews
Instead of how this common Scottish family reawakened Bruce’s spirit, it comes across more like how Bruce mended this family, which feels counterproductive to what the film was aiming for.
...while the film runs too long, its meditates in a compelling way on how the Bruce found his sense of purpose in the needs of his own people....
It is not quite as stirring as it wants to be, but Gray's picture brims with passion and is still as accomplished as any historical drama worth watching.
Robert the Bruce can certainly find an audience with people who feel compelled to check out any movie related to Scottish history. For everyone else, the film is worth watching if you don't mind seeing an inferior spinoff to Braveheart.
[With] accents that range from passable to comically bad...
As a clear passion project of Macfadyen... it's satisfying to see something so personal as this cross the finish line, make it out to a wide international audience, and ultimately be a film worth all of that investment.
In "Robert The Bruce," which is directed by Richard Gray and written by Eric Belgau and Angus Macfadyen, the story being told is less about myth and more about reality.
Light on action, but strong performances throughout in this relaxed historical biopic.
'Robert the Bruce' is an enjoyable sort-of-but-not-exactly spinoff of 'Braveheart.'
The use of traditional music lends additional authenticity; Mel Elias's score is excellent. Writers Macfadyen and Eric Belgau have done Robert the Bruce's epic struggle for independence cinematic justice...
Robert the Bruce places too much emphasis on the secondary characters. The film could have been titled "Morag the Widow Saves Scotland."
[It] all seems to promise far more than this modest drama delivers.
Robert the Bruce's ambitions are let down by a drifting, oddly fractured narrative, predictable plotting.
Tedious exposition overshadows the intermittent action sequences, which hardly reflects the warrior legacy of its subject.
In the final act, I started to get flashbacks from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi where the Ewoks are fighting the stormtroopers.
Angus Macfadyen may have made his intentions for the film clear off-screen, but the finished product seems devoid of such momentum.
A very peculiar, low budget way of giving us an entree into an enormously important historical figure... It doesn't have the scope to really do him justice.
I liked it. I didn't think it completely worked, but I appreciated what it was trying to do.
Angus Macfadyen clearly felt like this was a passion project. Unfortunately, it doesn't really reflect in the overall execution.
If you are interested in the continuing story of Scottish independence, prepare for a scaled down take... Perhaps your mileage may vary depending on how invested you are in the character of Robert the Bruce fulfilling his destiny.