Erik the Viking 1989

Chris Willman, Los Angeles Times: A stillborn comedy in which minutes sometimes mysteriously go by between even attempted gags, and in which virtually no comic scene works up to any kind of viable punch line or payoff. Read more

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Doesn't measure up to the best of the Python films, but it consistently entertains through the occasional gags that do not work and dialogue that is sometimes obscured by sound effects. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: An utterly worthless exercise in waste and wretched excess, uninformed by the slightest spark of humor, wit or coherence. Read more

Time Out: Not a funny film, and neither well-directed nor exciting. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: The idea of telling the story of a Viking warrior who thought there must be more to life than rape and pillage is an amusing one, and for the most part Erik the Viking is an enjoyable film. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: "Erik the Viking," a Wagnerian slapstick fantasy, has the feel of a grown-up bedtime comedy, a gross, sillier "Princess Bride." Read more