| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Splendid moviemaking, but a less-than-splendid movie." more... |
C |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...a mostly lumbering, occasionally rousing epic..." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...Kingdom of Heaven is better than Gladiator -- deeper, more thoughtful, more about human motivation and less about action." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...a gargantuan epic, a historical adventure-drama of overwhelming visual grandeur." more... |
A- |
| E! Online |
"Kingdom isn't cinematically heaven-sent, but its triumphant conclusion makes up for any earlier missteps." more... |
B+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...handsome but curiously remote Crusades epic..." more... |
B- |
filmcritic.com
Annette Cardwell |
"...disappointing..." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"A stirring Crusades movie with heroic action and a modern spin that makes the carnage feel almost moral." more... |
A- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...the best historic epic to come along since, well, Gladiator." more... |
B |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...curiously disengaged..." more... |
B- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...a hugely enjoyable experience." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"(Ridley) Scott delivers rousing entertainment layered with provocation." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...an intelligent and highly topical epic." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...its concept is gutsy, its script is literate and intelligent, its visuals and cinematic craftsmanship are mouth-dropping..." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"Orlando Bloom's box office tallies and hunk-meter readings aside, he fails to carry director Ridley Scott's Crusades epic." more... |
C |
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