The Dumas classic, done Richard Lester's way. The swashbuckling swordplay is inventive and ingenious, and sure, the three Musketeers (with Michael York as their newcomer) are engaging and rowdy and sweet, but the star of the picture is a consistently amusing and appealing Raquel Welch as clumsy handmaiden Constance. Welch's catfight with decadently cool Faye Dunaway as evil Lady de Winter is enough to entice any movie-lover. What a treat to see these two sex symbols share the screen! Welch received a Golden Globe for her comedic triumph, but was snubbed come Oscar time (she's just as good in the second-half of the picture, released separately as "The Four Musketeers"). The film isn't seamless and has fuzzy photography, but the ensemble is perfection and director Richard Lester isn't just biding his time here--his heart is in this, too. *** from ****
Review of The Three Musketeers
