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Ages	Age Group	How Many	Your Probability of Enjoying This Movie *	Would Recommend Movie To Friends
13-19	Teens (M)	34	High	88%
13-19	Teens (F)	15	Very High	87%
20-29	Yg Adults (M)	26	Fairly High	92%
20-29	Yg Adults (F)	11	About 50/50	91%
30+	Adults (M)	34	About 50/50	71%
30+	Adults (F)	25	Fairly High	88%

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These are some very mixed reviews. Most teens enjoyed it, girls a bit more than the guys. Only about half of the young adults, both male and female, enjoyed it. Adults, both male and female, rated it somewhat low. There were very few opinions of "Fantastic" or "Excellent," which is unusual. Most opinions were "Very Good" or lower and the lower ones get pretty low ("Fair" and "Poor"). Personally I enjoyed "The Musketeer," but apparently I'm in the minority.

Nearly all the "Fantastic" opinions came from 13-19 year olds, both male and female. As the opinions got lower the age of the moviegoer got older. It seems the younger crowd was satisfied with the fight scenes, but the older viewers wanted more from the story than simply action.

The main positive comments were that the action and fight scenes were great, but the story/plot wasn't that great. Most liked the fight scenes, but a few complained that the fighting scenes were unrealistic since they were a little bit like the "flying through the air" abilities seen in the "Grouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movie.

I can recommend it to teens, but everyone else should read everything we provide for this movie before deciding to see it. If you do take a chance, you may want to see a matinee. Some of the action scenes are quite good and are obviously best seen on the big screen, so while it would make a good rental, you'll be missing some of the visual excitement.

D ETAILED S TORYLINE

D'Artagnan's embarks from the village of Gascogne intent on a dual mission: to join the King's elite guard, the Royal Musketeers, and search for the man who killed his parents 14 years earlier. In addition to the expected thieves and cut-throats on the road to Paris, he meets formidable enemies in the capitol: the conniving Cardinal Richelieu and his army of enforcers, led by the cold-blooded man in black, Febre.

The young swordsman searches Paris for Aramis (Nick Moran), Athos (Jan Gregor Kremp) and Porthos (Steve Speirs), the robust trio at the heart of the King's guard. But instead of heroes, he finds aimless, disheveled and bitter men. The entire legion of Musketeers has been stripped of its commission, and their captain, the chivalrous Treville, has been imprisoned for a sensational political murder, a murder actually committed by Febre.

D'Artagnan will fight alone if he must, but is pleased when the lovely Francesca becomes his ally. Like D'Artagnan, the feisty chambermaid is an orphan, whose mother was the Queen's dressmaker. She has the Queen's ear and is not afraid to risk her own life to protect the embattled Sovereign. She enlists D'Artagnan in her cause and as the two embark on a daring mission to save the Queen from Febre's brutal hand, they also fall in love.

Meanwhile, the Musketeers grow more restless. D'Artagnan's father had fought with these very men and the young man' s grizzled guardian, Planchet (Jean-Pierre Castaldi), has schooled him in their ways. Their motto burns in his heart: "One for all and all for one!" The time for action has come...

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