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The King (2006)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C+ Source Brief Review Grade* Boston Globe Wesley Morris "...the usually wonderful Gael Garcia Bernal is all wrong for the role..." more... C   Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "...descends so deeply and steadily into evil that it generates a dread fascination." more... A- Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington "...despite a strong effort, (Bernal) can't bring it home." more... B- E! Online "...the top-notch performances from Bernal and Hurt carry the deadweight." more... B- Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman "William Hurt, for one, deserves better." more... C   filmcritic.com Chris Barsanti "It's not a story easily shaken..." more... B   New York Post Kyle Smith "...feebly imagined personalities..." more... D   New York Times Manohla Dargis "...fitfully engaging, finally exasperating..." more... C   San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein "It's a horror story that terrifies through words and visual images more powerful than any computer-generated effect." more... B+ USA Today Claudia Puig "The King tries hard to be shocking, and sometimes those efforts feel forced." more... C   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)