Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves

Original title: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

2023
12A
2h 14m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

247K

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A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

247K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

315

112

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 19 nominations total

Trivia
Chris Pine agreed to appear because the role of Edgin is very atypical for a fantasy-film leading man and because he sat in on his nephew playing a D&D campaign and saw how much fun he and his friends were having.

Goofs
In Dungeons and Dragons, Bards are basically a jack of all trades who straddle the line between classes. The have some rogue abilities, are competent fighters, and they have access to magic spells that can damage, heal, and even transform themselves into different animals. Edgin would have been much more useful than a planner and whacking people with his lute.

However, this is obviously scripted for laughs.

Quotes
[the characters can ask a revived corpse five questions before it dies again]
Edgin: Were you killed in battle?
'Yes' Corpse: Yes.
Edgin: Great!
[to Simon]
Edgin: Four more questions, right?
'Yes' Corpse: Yes.
Edgin: No, no, no, that wasn't for you.
[to Simon]
Edgin: Did that count as a question?
'Yes' Corpse: Yes.
Edgin: Dammit! Only answer when I talk to you, okay?
'Yes' Corpse: Yes.
Simon: Why did you say "okay?" at the end of that?
'Yes' Corpse: I didn't.
[lies back in its coffin, dead]
Edgin: Fantastic. Where's the shovel?

Crazy credits
There is a short mid-credits scene

Connections
Featured in Projector: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

Soundtracks
Juice of the Vine
Written by John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein & Lorne Balfe
Performed by Chris Pine & Michelle Rodriguez

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Review

Featured review

9/10

Wish I'd seen it in theater

D+D is what the adventure-comedy/fantasy genre needs to take notes from. In a world saturated by superhero films and remakes/retreads of old favorites, this was a breath of fresh air. It was fun, funny, and generally entertaining. The characters made sense, and the funny parts weren't focused on awkward or cringe situations that are totally unnatural, unlike most modern films.

The casting of Hugh Grant here is inspired. He's been doing some tremendous work in all of the films he's been in lately, and it is awesome to see him taken seriously as an actor beyond just his old rom/com days. He's good as a villain, and the rest of the story plays off of him very well here. Likewise, the main cast all does a great job playing both for and against type.

Admittedly, I don't know D+D lore, so I don't know how well this satisfies true fans, but I think it works well as a basic story/film. It reminds me a bit of Firefly/Serenity- a not too serious take on a well-worn genre that manages to do a lot more right than it does wrong.