Boyd's screenplay (co-written with Guardian hack Nick Davies) has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to Guy Ritchie than the Bard of Avon.
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11/06/02
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My Kingdom (2002)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:6
Rotten:13
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: Overstuffed and unrealistic, My Kingdom may be worth seeing if only for Richard Harris' typically fine performance.
Theatrical Release:Dec 6, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: The late Richard Harris's final film, MY KINGDOM, takes place in the gritty underworld of modern-day Liverpool. Inspired by Shakespeare's KING LEAR, Harris stars as Sandeman, the head of a... [More]
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Reviews for My Kingdom
1 - 19 (sorted by source)
The film lost me, and the sad twists of unrealistic mumbo jumbo crescendoing into pure mayhem ruined what could have been a thespian delight.
12/06/02
Without Shakespeare's eloquent language, the update is dreary and sluggish.
12/06/02
Leading man Harris and director Boyd are still capable of invigorating British cinema with style and flair.
07/06/08
The cast reigns supreme, especially Harris, whose regal presence as the aging emperor of gangland grounds the story even as it suffers from narrative overload.
12/06/02
No review available.
07/24/05
We spend so much time trying desperately to get everything straight in our minds that the raw punch of the material passes us by.
12/06/05
Suffice it to say that Shakespeare's sudden and violent ending doesn't translate well into a British crime drama.
12/06/05
This ponderous, heavy-handed version of King Lear almost makes me think it's best left to the Americans.
11/19/02
Harris commands the screen, using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness.
12/05/02
Top CriticA baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside Danish cows falls flat, and if you're going to alter the Bard's ending, you'd better have a good alternative.
12/05/02
Watching Harris ham it up while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death, but Boyd's film offers little else of consequence.
12/06/02
Gaunt, silver-haired and leonine, [Harris] brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging Sandeman.
12/05/02
Top CriticWould get no love were it not for Harris' powerful performance.
02/12/06
The plot is very clever, but Boyd weighs it down with too many characters and events, all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of.
11/06/02
Neither an effective gangland thriller nor an achieved elegy for a lord undone.
06/24/06
Harris’s performance is one for the ages, but the others are also up to his mark.
10/07/04
Whereas last year's exemplary Sexy Beast seemed to revitalize the British gangster movie, this equally brutal outing merely sustains it.
12/05/02
Top CriticRichard Harris is at his weariest, battle-scarred best...
07/06/08
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