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Just saw this film for the first time in 10 years and I still really enjoyed it. The characters are funny, the actors are perfect for the roles they were given and the story, as often as it has been told, was well executed. The three musketeers is a story I have grown up with. I've seen and read pretty much every version out there, but this is still one of the most enjoyable versions. It is a film that you can enjoy at any time of the day. It is not a popcorn kind of film and you don't have to pay endless amounts of attention either. It is not a brain teaser. Just kick back and enjoy. You will not regret watching it if you are looking for a light hearted comedy with a pinch of drama.

Produced by Walt Disney Studios and loosely based on the Alexandre Dumas père epic 'cloak and sword' romance novel, "The Three Musketeers" is a lighthearted action / adventure flick plenty of humor with a good cast of (then) young stars, some of them coming from previous collaborations such as "Young Guns" or "Flatliners".

Director Stephen Herek ("Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"; "The Mighty Ducks") and the screenwriter David Loughery ("Dreamscape"; "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier") gave it a modern twist to some of the dialogue and situations and the result is a fresh take on an all time classic, a 'popcorn flick' that entertains without insulting the audience.

The characters are colorful enough; the humor works; the pace is frantic and the action sequences are mostly, well done, the movie never gets boring and the cast delivers appropriate performances, from the over the top cheesy villain of "Mr. Rocky Horror Picture Show", Tim Curry as the malevolent Cardinal Richelieu to the more serious in tone, but way effective, Rebecca De Mornay as Milady de Winter.

Chris O'Donnell & Gabrielle Anwar, fresh from their breakthrough roles alongside Al Pacino in Martin Brest's "Scent of a Woman", play respectively D'Artagnan and Queen Anne of Austria, with Hugh O'Connor (the young Christy Brown in "My Left Foot") as her husband, King Louis XIII of France. O'Donnell displays well on-screen the reckless Gascon who dreams to be an honored Musketeer like his late father.

Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland, together again after "Young Guns", play the (not so) religious Aramis and the regretful Athos, with Oliver Platt stealing all the Three Musketeers' scenes as the flamboyant 'bon-vivant', Porthos. Sheen got the top billing due to his star status back in '93, but his character is the emptiest in story arc and the Musketeer with less screentime (and less memorable, too).

Michael Wincott, forever the 'baddie' ("Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves"; "The Crow"; "1492 - Conquest of Paradise") is once again, excellent portraying an evil character as Captain Rochefort.

Julie Delpy's role as Constance is too small for even get some consideration and Paul McGann in the dual role of the D'Artagnan's fellow Gascon with a feud, Girard and one of the Cardinal's guards, De Jussac plays both differently as if it were not the same actor.

In short, if a viewer wants to watch a more sober, closer to the book and much longer adaptation of this all time classic, should check the Salkind's produced epics of the 70's directed by Richard Lester and starred by Michael York as D'Artagnan; Oliver Reed as Athos; Richard Chamberlain as Aramis; Faye Dunaway as Milady De Winter and Charlton Heston as the Cardinal, if not, and just want to spend less than 2 hours of pure escapism, this version is the one to get.

Fans of movies such as "Young Guns", "The Rocketeer", "The Mummy" or "The Mask of Zorro" will appreciate this unpretentious, but entertaining flick.

First and foremost, if you have read the Dumas book, then you realize that this movie doesn't resemble the novel in the slightest. The only thing that this movie got right was the names of the characters!

However, I am a big advocate in saying that you should never compare a movie back to its book, and I use this movie as an example. This story has been "Disney-fied" so that it can be called a family film. If you read the book, a true adaptation would not be family entertainment. Disney changed everything that they do. Read the Tarzan novel and compare to the cartoon. BIG changes there. The Little Mermaid. How convenient that Disney left out the fact that Ariel dies at the end of the story.

But what we should judge is the end result. This movie is still entertaining, despite having nothing to do with its literary influence. The characters are portrayed with the same attributes that they have in the book. For instance, D'Artagnan, while very duty bound and honorable, is young and headstrong, and prone to impulsive decisions that will help him to prove his skill and worth. Porthos is self serving and self praising, very vain and cocky, yet has a lust for the finer things in life. Aramis is humble and religious, but very skilled and intelligent, making him a very formidable soldier, yet he also loves the finer things in life. And Athos loves his wine, trying to bury himself in a alcoholic haze to hide the pain that he suffered in losing the love of his life. All of these come through in the movie, and all of the actors were great in performing them.

As far as the story is concerned, Disney likes things black and white, good vs evil. And so, the story changes to make the Cardinal a power hungry man with his own interests in mind. He wasn't like that in the book or in real life, but he was underhanded, and Tim Curry does another great job as the villain that he steals the show.

Overall, a great and enjoyable movie, worth watching with the family.

Nope, it's by no means an accurate adaptation of Dumas' original work. Umm, does nanyone really care? Dumas' plot, while interesting in and of itself to many, is probably not one that many folks who think of "the Three Musketters" could actually _tell_ you.

This movie sets out to more or less capture the feel of such films, rather than the source material itself. In that regard, it's not too badly done. The characters are pretty broadly drawn, but adequate for the younger audience they're aimed at. Sutherland, Platt, and Sheen all seem way too young, but at least the first two are entertaining. Platt in particular manages to steal every scene he's in.

By the same token, Richelieu's character is simplified to "generic bad guy." The King and Queen seem too young as well (although they're represented age may be novelistically and/or historically accurate - again, could most folks really tell you, or care?).

Overall, I'd recommend the movie for some light entertainment, but don't take it too seriously.

If memory serves, I'd written this off as a "Prince of Thieves" cash-in at the time (even as a teen, it seemed obvious). But it's an unfair comparison and "The Three Musketeers" is entirely its own thing. This is a spirited, well-mounted adventure with evident chemistry between the lead foursome. Not to mention Tim Curry's undeniable screen presence and Michael Kamen's expert scoring. It's a good story with enough weight but still a sense of fun throughout; and you can primarily thank Oliver Platt for this, because he's clearly having fun. Plus, he's able to hold his own against the bigger names in the cast.

Add in the clanging of rapiers and some wonderfully un-Disney sexuality, Older Me finds this movie a pleasure to watch.

Disney's version of `The Three Musketeers' was made like lightning in order to undercut some other studio's version - or perhaps to prevent some other studio from undercutting Disney, I'm not sure which. In either case it shows signs of haste. There's none of your intricate, dazzlingly inventive swordplay or action sequences; there's lots of competently executed, run-of-the-mill, whatever-works-simplest stuff instead. Characters consist of their costumes and little more. There's el-lame-o dialogue. Anything that separates `The Three Musketeers' - the work by Dumas, that is - from any other swashbuckler, has been ruthlessly excised.

I found myself liking it all the same. The fact that I liked it is a fact about ME, and not the film, which is not, I'll admit, very good. But there is one fact about the film I'd like to draw everyone's attention to. The musketeers clearly think morality is something very important, but their concrete notions of right and wrong are decidedly odd. In fact they're downright primitive: like Aristotlean physics, only sillier. There is so little common ground between the code of honour of the musketeer and our own code that we throw up our hands in despair; we don't even bother to adopt the musketeer's code as our own for the purposes of the fiction; and yet, somehow, our sympathy is always with the musketeer.

I shouldn't say `somehow'. This strange feeling of sympathy is something to write home about when one encounters it in the novel, whereas in the film we have a villain - a cardinal, no less, and who likes cardinals - who all but has horns and a tail. Still, SOME feeling of forlorn bloodlust carries over from the book, to give a tint to what would otherwise be a very colourless film.

Spectacular swordplay in modern style in this acceptable version of the classic Dumas novel . Walt Disney presents Dumas' exciting story of love and adventure ,¨The three musketeers¨ . For the fourth time is adapted in the greatest Hollywood splendor , the complete romance , the historical characters, the full novel partially as Alexandre Dumas wrote it . It is packed with comedy , derring-do , intrigue, a love story , action , drama and moving swordplay . An awesome casting and lavish production shot in Austria and England make for a fairly amusement swashbuckler . This is the classic version of the Dumas's novel with a handsome Chris O'Donnell in a brave role as a young and handsome soldier of fortune , a dashing, audacious lover. It results to be a slight and hight budgeted retelling about the durable Alexandre Dumas's novel with all star cast. This delightful adaptation based on Alexandro Dumas classic novel starts with the youngster D'Artagnan who arrives in Paris . But he meets with three two-fisted Musketeers , Athos ( Kiefer Sutherland), a rollicking adventurer , fighting to live and living to love , Porthos (Oliver Platt) and Aramis ( Charlie Sheen ). DÁrtagnan learns they are the famous Musketeers and is invited to unite them in their objective to struggle against guards of Cardinal Richelieu (Tim Curry), his deputy Rochefort (Michael Wincott), and an astute secret agent named Milady De Winter (Rebecca De Mornay) who is lovely as a jewel, deadly as a dagger the wickedest woman in all Christendom . Meanwhile, D'Artagnan falls in love with a gorgeous young named Constance (Julie Delpy) , she is a golden-haired beauty entangled in a web of treachery and intrigue. Furthermore , there is developed an intrigue between Luis XIII (Hugh O'Conor ), Queen Anna of Austria (Gabrielle Anwar) , dazzling as her gilded palace for her, men dared a thousand perils , and Duke of Buckingham ; and of course the nasty Richelieu . The musketeers join forces for royal vengeance with the shout : ¨One for all and all for one¨.

It's a recent take on from the immortal novel with big budget and impressive scenarios . The movie contains noisy adventure , thrills, romantic adventure, mayhem and a lot of fights . Amusing swashbuckling with lavish production by Jon Avnet and Joe Roth , glamorous costumes by John Mollo and lush settings by Wolf Kroeger . Agreeable acting by main star cast formed by ageing Brat-Packers as Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland and enjoyable support players , as the marvelous main actors are completed by stellar cast full of nice and likable performers and several others . Evocative cinematography in the splendor of glimmer color by Dean Semler . Stirring musical score by Michael Kamen with successful song ¨ All for love¨ by Rod Stewart and Adams. Luxurious production design is well reflected on the lush interiors and exteriors filmed at palaces from Austria and UK . The motion picture is professionally realized by Stephen Herek . This classy story is subsequently remade on several versions , firstly take on about this classic is the following : 1921 silent version by Fred Niblo with Douglas Fairbanks and going on the 1935 adaptation by Rowland V Lee with Walter Abel and Paul Lukas ; 1973 amusing version by Richard Lester with Michael York, Oliver Reed , Raquel Welch and Charlton Heston as Richelieu ; 2001 rendition by Peter Hyams with Justin Chambers, Mena Suvari and Tim Roth , among others. ¨The three Musketeers¨ is an outstanding and entertaining adaptation of the classy that will appeal to the costumer genre buffs and it turns out to be a cool adaptation with big budget based on the classic tale . Rating : 6 , well worth seeing . Definitively it is a bemusing swashbuckling, full of action, adventures,romance , comedy with tongue-in-cheek , old-fashioned family romp , broad slapdash and of course , lot of fence .

Lightheaded and lighthearted this is the definition of escapist entertainment and that is meant as a compliment. Something to watch when you want to relax and not have to think about the plot of the movie.

Chris O'Donnell is impish if a bit callow in the lead but the real show is musketeers anyway and there is where the movie excels. Keifer is suitably brooding as Athos and Charlie Sheen, before he became a surly twitchy mess, is a charming Aramis. The standout however is Oliver Platt going full on ham as Porthos giving a delightfully over the top performance and walking off with the picture whenever he is on screen.

Rebecca De Mornay also seems to be having a good time enacting the villainous Milady de Winter, she's sexy and silky. Lastly there is Tim Curry positively consuming the scenery as Cardinal Richelieu, in his flowing red robes he and Oliver Platt are in a dead heat for biggest scene stealer.

The production is high class with vibrant with color and beautiful settings, true it bears only a passing kinship with the source book but it is a fun time with lots of action and a carefree mood.

This is way better than it needs to be or even had any right to be. I think that Kiefer Sutherland and Oliver Platt are doing a pretty good job even if no one else really is -- besides Tim Curry who is the best part of the film. True, it's pretty low brow entertainment. But the story tries to be emotional and it's pretty funny, so I gotta give it props. I'd say that Crhis O'Donnell is a pretty bad actor but I think everyone knew that already. And Charlie sheen seems real out of place here. They should've used like Willem Dafoe or something, idk. I just can't take Charlie sheen seriously in this time period, it doesn't make sense. Maybe that's just me. Anyhoo.

Athos (Keifer Sutherland), Porthos (Oliver Platt), Aramis (Charlie Sheen) and D'Artagnan (Chris O'Donnel) team up to battle the nefarious schemes of Cardinal Richelieu (Tim Curry) to usurp power in 17th century France. Now told under the name of Walt Disney Productions, and from the director of Bill & Ted and The Mighty Ducks, Stephen Herek.

Although it may not the most accurate or layered adaptation of Dumas' tale, Disney's 90s version still offers a decent swashbuckler. This is down to a charismatic cast, special points towards the great Michael Wincott and his icy voice as the deadly Rochefort, alongside a wonderfully charming Platt as the bon-vivant Porthos, who provides the brunt of the comedy in the film with his hands-off lifestyle. Throw in some nifty and uncluttered sword fights shot with patience and grace instead of clumsy shaky cam, and even a playful yet also thrilling score by the late Michael Kamen, and these go a way to help out.

However, don't expect a lot of the intricacies, extensive development and politics of the original story, or the self awareness of the more renowned Richard Lester films of the 70s. This as basic and lean a 'Musketeers' telling as you'll find anywhere. Plus, being a 90s Disney live-action film, it's super safe and predictable, even for a story as often told as this one. You can tell who's good, who's bad and what happens next right from the word go, thanks to often hammy performances from the support cast, as well as rather basic, rote dialogue.

Regardless, as far as its brethren of that era go, this is one of the company's better live-action efforts amidst a slew of lame remakes and comedian star vehicles. If you may not be in the mood of the wilder hijinks of 'Pirates' or 'National Treasure', this should fit the bill just fine.

Hear that whirring sound - That's Alexander Dumas doing about 30,000 rpm.

The Three Musketeers in not a morality play, and it would take me a long time to catalog exactly how horrible this version is. Let's see what remains of the book, the title, the names of the characters, and that's about it.

Now I have no problem with Hollywood setting a morality play in Louis XIII's court, far from it. But I do object to the plundering and complete destruction of a literary classic in order to create it. They've bowdlerized Dumas. What they've done is the equivalent of turning James Bond into a teetotaler who abhors violence and respects women for their personality.

Just stick to the 1970s version starring Michael York as D'Artagnan, or if you can find it the early silent French serialization.

This film is but a true fun adventure. It's not to be taken absolutely serious. Nor a direct adaption of the classic book. Has quite notable performances by Kiefer Sutherland, Michael Wincott, Rebecca De Mornay, Gabrielle Anwar, and Paul Mcgann. The cinematography as well is noteworthy, two shots that stand out, that i always use in compilations, the shot of them riding across the plains, and when they charge the castle at the end, with an army of musketeers behind them; always takes my breath away. This is a fun movie! Watch for an escape of reality.

Heroism almost feels like stuff of legends now a days. Prior to modern times, so many battles were fought in close quarters. The older the era, the more claustrophobic combat was. It's crazy that now, confrontation is met with very distant attacks. Drone strikes, missiles, bullets; they all get fired at a distance with extreme accuracy. Now imagine having to charge using the bayonet or with even sharper blades like swords. It's just not a thing now. In cinema, there are only some stories that have continued to portray such action harkening back to those times. Films like The Mask of Zorro (1998) or Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) brought back swashbuckling to the masses. Believe it or not Disney gave it a shot with this movie too based on the popular story from Alexandre Dumas.

The screenplay was written by David Loughery, who wrote Passenger 57 (1992) the year before. With a plot that's fairly simple to follow, audiences are introduced to D'Artagnan (Chris O'Donnell) looking to join the king of France's league of Musketeers. Only on his travels to learn that Cardinal Richelieu (Tim Curry) has disbanded the group with three remaining faithful to their oath. Those three are Aramis (Charlie Sheen), Athos (Kiefer Sutherland) and Porthos (Oliver Platt), hoping to find a way to rid the Cardinal of his treason and his top henchman Rochefort (Michael Wincott). Meanwhile the king (Hugh O'Conor) and his queen (Gabrielle Anwar) are unaware of those plans. The film was directed by Stephen Herek known for heading Critters (1986), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) and The Mighty Ducks (1992). He would also later direct Disney's live-action 101 Dalmations (1996).

The story itself is probably the films greatest weakness, being predictable. That's not to say it's bad, not at all. But there's nothing that feels different or new being told in the execution. It just feels like a very safe rendition of this classic story, which kind of makes sense because this is by Disney at the time. Right from the beginning it's obvious as to who the main focus will be on, who's on the bad side and who's on the good side. That doesn't mean the acting isn't professional though. All actors provide a showing that an audience member of any age would enjoy. Chris O'Donnell is the play it safe hero who doesn't do anything wrong. Charlie Sheen plays the romantic suave member, Oliver Platt plays the goof and Kiefer Sutherland is the more serious of the three.

All of which have acceptable chemistry together although much of their humor is again, really not doing much that's creative. There are a few slapstick gags that land, but the rest are mainly verbal quips between characters. Some of it works, other times it's expected because of the role each actor plays. Tim Curry and Michael Wincott are both excellent in their roles but make it plain as day they are not on the right side of things. Making you wonder how the king and queen couldn't see such obvious trickery. There's also appearances from Rebecca De Mornay and Paul McGann. Going back to action though, this is where a lot of fun can be had. Sword fights are not the easiest thing to master nor seen anymore. So the fact that the actors not only duel each other well but make it look easy is very gratifying to watch.

Aiding in that visual entertainment is the camerawork provided by Dean Semler. Capturing many green landscapes to show the time period is a great way to establish the setting. The fight choreography was helpful too in making the action fun to watch. Lastly the film score was composed by Michael Kamen. Known for composing scores to many popular films like The Dead Zone (1983), Highlander (1986), Lethal Weapon (1987), Die Hard (1988) and even Don Juan DeMarco (1994) a year later, Kamen produced another good listening experience. Kamen has multiple motifs for the main characters and makes it feel like it's a part of that era as well as keeping the sound like it is from this century. An album was also released which is nice because it does sound good on its own too.

Narratively speaking, the story is cut and dry - meaning it gets straight to the point and is not complex. This can make it a little too simple, especially with its rather simple humor. That's Disney for the time maybe. However, audiences shouldn't completely dismiss it as it is fun to watch with good acting, energetic action, competent cinematography and appropriate music.

This is a quite safe, undetailed and conventionally entertaining adaptation of the Musketeers' story directed somewhat towards young audiences. It excludes all types of mature, controversial and hard-to-interpret elements of the novel and if one claims it to be the worst film adaptation of the novel for that reason, it is in a way true. But I see it this way, it is a very pleasant experience to watch the film because it never got boring or incomprehensible. It may be called a good family movie to watch in a tired mind.

The cast is not bad. Keifer Sutherland, whom I consider as one of the most underrated actor of our time, is a good Athos. Charlie Sheen as Aramis is also fine. But Chris O'Donnell as D'Artagnan ? That was perhaps a poor choice. And I don't know, Oliver Platt is just not good enough to be Porthos. That character had more gravity.

simply put, It's a "fun" movie. But if you care about the history then this isn't for you. But perhaps is entertaining enough to inspire a 1993 Disney viewer into reading about the true story.

definitely not a current Disney release with essence of the films i had while growing up, ie "flight of the navigator." It's good humored, some really good lines actually. Not necessarily factural but still entertaining.

I still prefer watching this over "the musketeer" jet lee meets french swordsmanship... grrrr

the comments about Chris O'Donnells acting is correct but may just be from simplistic diolog that does not follow any linguistic styles of the time. But expected from a Disney production. Tim Curry does a fantastic job actually, simplicit still but he does his job at holding together the piece as well as the comedy from Oliver Platt, very enjoyable. But once again, if anything let this entertain and inspire you to adventure into the story of the three musketeers

I have not read the novel by Alexandre Dumas père, but we all already know that this is not, and was never going to be, the most accurate adaptation of it. This is about what you'd expect Disney to release. There is humor that only a child would laugh at(which is not to say that this isn't funny at all), everything is divided into black & white(meanwhile, kudos to them for not making it look as though all religious people are bad), and history is sanitized almost beyond recognition, to preserve the so-called innocence that the majority of adults(well, in the Western world anyway) prefer to believe their off-spring possess. With that said, this is an entertaining ride. The characters could use fleshing out. Curry and, to a slightly lesser extent, Wincott, are deliciously evil, making them immensely enjoyable to watch. Tim on-screen is like those Saturday morning cartoon villains who chuckle menacingly at their own fiendish plots. Platt portrays a jerk as usual. DeMornay does what she's known for doing, if toned down what with this being a family film. Parts of this are irritating to everyone over the age of seven. The story is easy enough to follow. There is mild language and violence, and sex tends to be hinted at or vaguely referred to in dialog. I recommend this to anyone into the genres. 7/10

I am aware that there is a book of The Three Musketeers, but I haven't read it, so it doesn't matter...what matters is the film itself.

Now, as I have made absolutely clear in the summary above, there are a few movies that are so good that I feel like re-watching them as soon as the credits role. And as I have made clear blahdeblahdeblah...this is one.

The atmosphere is mad and more fun than a barrel of chimpanzees on LSD. The underground dungeons with flaming torches and people sticking their arms through the sardine-like grids and the eeeeeeeeeeevil villains who are shown as ruthless from the word go, are textbook cheese, and just what is needed in this film.

Straight away, we are thrown into the action, with some very pleasant surprises. Chris O Donnell as the hotheaded D'Artagnian, Keifer Sutherland as the (fairly) straight-headed Athos, Oliver Platt as the bonkers but ingenious Porthos (with tricks up his sleeve that come out of nowhere such as a triple-bladed dagger), Charlie Sheen as the religious Aramis, the beautiful Julie Delpy as lady-in-waiting constance, Tim Curry and Michael Wincott as the classic bad guy double-act (with evil villain and secondary baddie with eyepatch), even Paul McGann in a hilarious double-role, sometimes playing a leader in the Cardinal's guard, but mostly playing a wuss who has it in the neck about his sister's 'honour' with D'Artagnian (and was clearly never breastfed by his mother). Not to mention the hilarious mullet that Hugh O Connor sports as the king of France!

The entire film consists of swinging thin swords about, jumping onto moving carts and up and down walls while swinging said swords, meeting beautiful women, and with an exciting climax at the end. If you've read the book, good for you. I hope you enjoyed it. But if you're devoted to it, then avoid any contact with this film. It's action all out romp where the brain does not have to work hard, but just sits back, relaxes, and escapes. If you want deep 'real-life' and 'gritty' stuff, then forget it. This film has none of that. Good vs bad, simple as that.

I'll be honest, I deeply loathe, despise and detest Disney Fairy stories (though animations such as Toy Story and The Lion King get a thumbs-up from me). Having said that though, the mouse house do a damn fine line up in feel-good action romps such as this one and Pirates of the Caribbean, and if you disagree then dive head first into a hospital surgery bin.

All right, let's get down to brass tacks here. What does the 1993 adaptation have in common with the source novel? Practically nothing. (What else did you expect from a Disney film?) The characters' names are the same, the character traits remain to a lesser degree. And...well, that's about it.

Now, I love the novel. As a relatively sophisticated reader/movie goer, I know I should really take the movie to task for removing pretty much all of the depth and color of Dumas's story and interpreting everything in basically the most cartoonish and two-dimensional manner possible. I really should.

But...

I just can't let this movie go. It's a rollicking, fast-paced swashbuckler with a decidedly old-fashioned feel. The use of vibrant color, the grand and elaborate sets, the simple yet energetic action sequences; I'm reminded of a sweeping adventure film MGM might have made in the forties or fifties.

The cast is particularly strong, and all the actors seem to be having a ball in their roles. Kiefer Sutherland is perfect for the brooding Athos; Charlie Sheen is wry as the pious Aramis; and Oliver Platt chews the scenery as the arrogant, eccentric Porthos. Chris O'Donnell, as the ambitious D'Artagnan, interjects himself quite ably into the group dynamic, and the four leads develop great chemistry with one another throughout the film. Tim Curry and Michael Wincott soar to great heights in their cartoonish villainy, and Rebecca De Mornay is alluring and tragic as Lady DeWinter.

Michael Kamen's score is romantic and bombastic and triumphant--perfect for the tone of the film. Heck, I even like the Rod Stewart/Bryan Adams/Sting collaboration, "All For Love," that plays over the credits--clearly calculated to help the soundtracks sell copies, but dammit, I still believe in their sincerity! (Well, maybe sincerity is too strong a word.) The Three Musketeers, inaccurate an adaptation though it may be, is still a fast-paced, lighthearted thrill ride like you just don't see too often anymore. I hate wrapping these reviews up, so I'm just going to stop here. Bye.

A fun and very light and airy take on The Three Musketeers tale, as you might expect from a Disney production. The violence here is light on, and even when it does happen, there's no blood or guts.

Spectacular action sequences, a likeable group of heroes (Chris O'Donnell, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland and Oliver Platt, who is responsible for plenty of the comic relief as Porthos) on a quest to defeat the bad guys - who, being a Disney film, aren't too sinister - led by by Tim Curry's Cardinal Richelieu and Michael Wincott's Rochefort. Both of them, but especially Curry, do your comical bad guy very well. Curry has the right villain smile when he works at it, and Wincott here reminded me of his role in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

Not sure what Dumas would have made of this treatment, but I enjoyed it. All for one!