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05/17/01
The King is Alive (2001)
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Reviews Counted:65
Fresh:39
Rotten:26
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Though the plot feels rather contrived, the ensemble acting in this Dogme 95 film is good.
Theatrical Release:May 11, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: The fourth contribution to the grass roots Dogme 95 collective, THE KING IS ALIVE is a psychological horror film that uses a bleak yet beautiful African landscape to tell a haunting tale of human... [More]
Starring: Miles Anderson, Romane Bohringer, Bruce Davison, Brion James
Director: Kristian Levring
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03/24/02
The endless vistas of sand that surround the forlorn settlement embody the void at the heart of its abandoned, terrified characters.
07/06/08
The unsparing, invasive naturalism of digital video, which seems specially calibrated to register the play of anxiety and distress on human faces, also records an inhuman landscape of undulating dunes and blinding sky.
05/10/01
Top CriticMay start out on a premise as seemingly misguided as the route taken by its hapless travelers, but it ends up, like Lear, as a fever dream of the destruction exposure to true nature, human and otherwise, can visit on the human soul.
05/10/01
Here is a small masterpiece about the erosion of civilized egos by the elements.
08/06/06
An imaginative film that feels ten times more genuine than any ten movies of the "Castaway" variety (or as I like to call it, "The 90 million dollar Fed-Ex Commercial")
03/18/03
All of the performances are painfully human.
05/10/01
Pick-me-up, this ain't. But fascinating, it is.
09/21/01
An extraordinary and imaginative examination of human nature.
04/27/01
Even for a Dogma 95 movie, this one is unusual because it features a remote, exotic setting and a Shakepearean subtext.
01/06/04
A haunting and powerful ensemble work.
03/29/01
A strange, fascinating little feel-bad movie. Hunt it down.
05/10/01
You can take The King Is Alive as a bold gamble or a pretentious folly. No, take it as a pretentious folly.
06/15/01
A high-minded project that never lifts off as intended despite all the right elements seemingly coming together.
05/02/01
Top CriticNot one of these people is anyone you would want to spend time with, let alone perform alongside.
01/01/00
The performances are admirable, the location evocatively exploited and the psychological intensity often unbearable. But the spark isn’t there.
05/11/01
Admittedly not for all tastes, but I liked what I bit into even if there was some sand in the offering.
11/25/02
Has its flaws, but remains a fascinating and strangely involving piece.
06/14/01
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