Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

After losing his wife to red wizards, the bard Edgin does his best to raise his daughter as he thieves with the barbarian Holga, sorceror Simon, and rogue Forge. Some of them are captured and imprisoned; upon their escape, they try to reunite the band in search of the mysterious 'tablet of reawakening,' a relic Edgin wants to use to resurrect his wife. But all is not as it seems; friends and foes alike cannot be trusted. They'll need a druid and some other allies if they have any hope of success. But can this ordinary, flawed team make it happen?

I have no background in Dungeons & Dragons outside of one book and a Magic: the Gathering expansion. So I can't speak to how accurately this movie portrays characters, locales, or storylines. That said: I really liked this movie. It was a humorous and whimsical look at this fantasy world, packed with fantastic beasts and objects (as you'd expect), but also a surprisingly poignant theme (which you wouldn't). That theme is failure and what we do with it. Edgin has the quote of the movie:

We must never stop failing, because the minute we do, we've failed.

The point, of course, isn't to try to fail, but highlights the reality of failure in all we do. We're inadequate. We fall short. All the time. We're also commanded to put our failures aside and strive for excellence, obedience, holiness, etc. All the time. And so, to his point, we're in this weird situation where we know failures will happen—a lot—but we need to keep going. Awesome.

Rating: A