It's hard not to wonder... about Ormond besieged by Connery on one side and Gere on the other. Why won't the movie let them look for someone their own age?

Whenever Zucker stops piling on battle scenes as if he were directing Braveheart, his film casts a romantic spell.

The problem for him[Gere], and the film, comes when the non-physical acting begins.

...a slow-moving historical drama that’s generally only engrossing in fits and starts...