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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Reviews for The King is Alive
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:ags in the middle, growing more interesting -- if hardly more original -- only as the situation deteriorates. Full Review |
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The endless vistas of sand that surround the forlorn settlement embody the void at the heart of its abandoned, terrified characters. Full Review |
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Here is a small masterpiece about the erosion of civilized egos by the elements. Full Review |
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It's all very watchable, thanks to excellent performances all around... Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
The real problem is the way the story tries so hard to incorporate Shakespearean themes. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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3/5 |
Even for a Dogma 95 movie, this one is unusual because it features a remote, exotic setting and a Shakepearean subtext.
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4/4 |
About as far from a Shakespearean stage but as close to Shakespearean essence as it can be. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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") Full Review |
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2/5 |
Somebody should really plop these guys down in front of an old Rodgers & Hammerstein spectacle. Full Review |
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B+ |
Admittedly not for all tastes, but I liked what I bit into even if there was some sand in the offering. Full Review |
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Levring's film isn't nearly as smart or original as he seems to think it is. Full Review |
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By the time you figure out who's who, you've almost ceased to care. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
... sitting through "The King Is Alive" was a tedious exercise that tried my patience and bored me. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Despite astonishing camera work and editing, it just gets duller and duller even as the story is supposedly heating up. Full Review |
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A piece of art rather than reality -- and a slo-o-o-w piece of art, though it rewards your patience. Full Review |
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Pick-me-up, this ain't. But fascinating, it is. Full Review |
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May seem self-consciously arty, but in the playing it grabs us early and doesn't let go. Full Review |
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An especially demanding, misanthropic and nihilistic work about human nature's worst face and it, more often than not, chills despite the relentless desert heat. Full Review |
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