i remember when i first saw this movie . i be babysitting for a friend of my mum and and one of the kid suggest we watch it . think it be the frankly laughable prince of thief they be slip into the video recorder and i be prepare for a few hour of boredom and what i get come a a shock and a pleasant one i will admit and but still a shock . now and you all know the robin hood legend do not you . i shall explain a little . robin hood be a saxon criminal and nick money here and there and give it to people who need it and all the while seduce the beautiful maid marion and and vex the sheriff of nottingham and prince john . that the basic . now and on with the review . this movie be release in 1993 and and be a take off of the whole robin hood legend and a p take of prince of thief in particular . loosely follow the legend and robin of loxley be first encounter in an arabic prison during the third century crusade and and together with a moor a they be call in those day and he execute a cunning escape with a cellmate and asneeze . after escape and asneeze beseeches robin to find his son atchoo and a foreign exchange student in england and look out for him . this robin vow to do . robin swim back to england . he return to his home and loxley castle to find it be wheel away on the back of the cart by bailiff and and go through he sorrowful revelation that his father and dog and cat and and even the goldfish be all dead . desperate for a familiar face and he find the family loyal blind servant blinkin sit on the toilet with a jazz mag in braille . the hilarity continue throughout the movie . a with all robin hood story and robin must thwart the evil plan of prince john and the sheriff of rottingham and who be wreak havoc and charge exorbitant tax on king richards kingdom while he away . those familiar with the movie mel brook have previously direct will have some small idea of what to expect . after all and this be the man responsible for dracula dead and love it and young frankenstein . all the joke and which range from visual gag to wonderful witty comment be in exactly the right place throughout the movie and with never more than a minute between laugh . cary elwes ( incidentally the only english man to play robin hood in a movie ) and who many of you will know from princess bride bring his cheeky grin twinkle eye presence to this movie and and do a wonderful job . from outlandish heroic posturing and to a wickedly sexy glance and he really be amazingly funny . and the man look well in tights than i do . richard lewis be hilarious a the whiny and arrogant prince john with the ever change mole . he get the sissy boy behaviour down to a tee and and his whinging american vocalisation be great . all the way through the movie and a mole on his face constantly change position represent it start on his left cheek and then over to his right cheek and then his chin and then his forehead and before go back to it original place . this be a subtle joke base on the mole on alan rickman when he play the sheriff in prince of thievesroger rees a the sleazy sheriff of rottingham be marvellously slimy and nasty and and have some great line throughout the film . there be some face here you will be familiar with from other brook film . for instance robert ridgely and play the hangman in this film also play the hangman in blaze saddle and another film direct by brook . he like to add subtle reference to his early film too while with several in this film that die hard brook fan will easily spot . those who watch history of the world part 1 will recognise the music to the song men in tights . also and when patrick stewart arrives and snogs marion and mel himself ( play rabbi tuckman ) utter the line it good to be a king and one of his line in history of the world . the whole cast be wonderfully comedic and even those with only a few line bring a great depth of warmth and humour to themwhat make this film so wonderfully warm and funny in my own opinion be all the improvised scene . although there be a script of sort and some scene be completely improvise by the actor themselves and such a the scene where latrine ( tracey ullman ) pray for rottingham in her bed and and he fall through the ceiling and landing right where she want him and which be totally devised and think out by the two actor . there be few special effect and and those that be there be small but fun moment of computerised camera trickery . the soundtrack be memorable and with some very funny song and and a couple of cheesy love song . you will be sing men in tights or at least hum it to yourself and for week . the rating be pg and to which i say bah humbug . there be no bad language in the film and except in the use of double entendre and and one utterance of sh . t and and violence be minimal . in fact i would go as far a to say non existent and apart from a few comedy fight scene . a great fun film that adult and child alike will enjoy .