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Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe picture makes an eye-filling package of rollicking fun and thoughtful common sense. The humor sparkles with real, knowing sophistication.
- 60EmpireWilliam ThomasEmpireWilliam ThomasDisney’s adaptation of the first book in T. W. White’s colourful Arthurian trilogy The Once And Future King (which also served as the source for the musical Camelot) is formulaic matinee fare, competent and sprightly but undistinguished.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe high point of the picture is the antics of Merlin; at one point he's hilariously funny in his absentmindedness, and the next he shows his cunning.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoMaybe the film works best as nostalgia for Baby Boomers who recall the picture from their childhood.