Kingdom of Heaven Reviews

... director Ridley Scott has proven once again that with a decent script the battle epic does have a place in modern times ...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

I'm going medieval. As a leading man, Bloom is doomed.

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a film that tries to be something special, but ultimately fails because of an over-padded script and too many poorly-cast actors.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

A sanitized version that celebrates a surrender. Saladin never mentions Allah. It's not religion, but economy that drove 8 Crusades across two hundred years?

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Hopelessly naive ... The final impression is that a few bad apples were all that prevented the Christians and Muslims from joining hands and participating in sing-alongs.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

The movie flirts with ideas and then runs away from them, so ultimately, it's not much more than a dishonest, spectacular bore.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

When he's surrounded by his men of brawn and battle experience, does Bloom look like the guy they're going to follow?

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Scott's visual style and knack for epic storytelling carries us through, and makes his latest work passable, if not memorable, oversized entertainment.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Kingdom of Heaven, at nearly 2 1/2 hours, fails to really hold your attention. You drift off at times, waiting for something to happen.

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Monahan ... gives us glimpses of ways in which Christ's teachings have been distorted, exploited, and misinterpreted. But the film's idea of a better way falls short.

| Original Score: B

It feels spectacularly empty.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Scott has certainly uncovered a fascinating era, but not necessarily the right hero to do it justice.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

It all sounds juicy, but Bloom is sadly not up to the task at hand.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

All lecture and no humanity.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

...may be the first hippie war film.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Even though it is a long film, it feels compact. The characters are well-defined. The action scenes are well-staged.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Bloom's listless performance dooms the film. Where is Russell Crowe when you need him?

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10

Scott cares more about getting across an ideal of religious tolerance than recounting history - which is, in the long run, perfectly OK

Ultimately, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN can't change actual history. So instead, everyone has to grow a conscience...even the Crusaders have to feel bad about the Crusading.

Full Review | Original Score: C-

Kingdom of Heaven has at its center a bold story, and yet it sits there like a stone pillar.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4