| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"The movie ends on a plaintive can¿t-we-all-get-along note, but at heart it¿s a Charles Bronson flick." more... |
B- |
E! Online
Dezhda Mountz |
"...director Peter Berg...injects intensity into every shot with his handheld camera and varying degrees of focus." more... |
A |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...shameless..." more... |
C- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"...The Kingdom will either rally those in the theater or piss off every single ticket holder in sight." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Stephen Farber |
"It succeeds neither as a pointed political commentary nor as a taut thriller." more... |
C- |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"...it wants us to feel as if we're watching something relevant when what's really going on is a slick excuse for efficient mayhem that's not half as smart as it would like to be." more... |
D |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"Hollywood provides the Islamic world another reason to hate America with The Kingdom..." more... |
C- |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...a slick, brutishly effective genre movie..." more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"The strength of the picture is its intensity." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"(Director) Berg stages every ambush, gun battle and car chase as if his life depends on it." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...taps into the current American fear of all things Middle Eastern, re-creating what could be described as a collective American nightmare." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...Foxx is magnetic in the lead..." more... |
B |
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