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Despite its epic source matierial, One Night With the King is held back by dull storytelling and a clumsy script.
All Critics (26) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (21) | DVD (3)
Why another version of this oft-filmed tale? Oct 13, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Why another version of this oft-filmed tale?
Sam Adams
The movie devolves into a talky, static affair featuring a cast with wildly varying accents and acting abilities. Oct 13, 2006
The movie devolves into a talky, static affair featuring a cast with wildly varying accents and acting abilities.
Kirk Honeycutt
Esther's triumph isn't because of divine intervention. It's her humanity and bravery that make her a legend, and make that One Night worth remembering, 2,500 years later. Oct 13, 2006 | Rating: 3/5
Esther's triumph isn't because of divine intervention. It's her humanity and bravery that make her a legend, and make that One Night worth remembering, 2,500 years later.
Roger Moore
Unfortunately [O'Toole and Sharif are] separated by five centuries, and never share a scene. For a movie with the most righteous of intentions, that's perhaps the most grievous moviemaking sins of all. Oct 13, 2006 | Rating: 1.5/4
Unfortunately [O'Toole and Sharif are] separated by five centuries, and never share a scene. For a movie with the most righteous of intentions, that's perhaps the most grievous moviemaking sins of all.
Stephen Whitty
The cinematography and sets look great, but the script is a bummer. It's overlong, overwrought and overblown. Oct 13, 2006 | Rating: 0.5/4
The cinematography and sets look great, but the script is a bummer. It's overlong, overwrought and overblown.
V.A. Musetto
In itself, it's a riveting story. Unfortunately, director Michael Sajbel has envisioned an overwrought Lifetime movie of the week, complete with an Esther who could be a cast member of Laguna Beach and a king notable only for his washboard abs. Oct 13, 2006 | Rating: 1.5/4
In itself, it's a riveting story. Unfortunately, director Michael Sajbel has envisioned an overwrought Lifetime movie of the week, complete with an Esther who could be a cast member of Laguna Beach and a king notable only for his washboard abs.
Elizabeth Weitzman
Brave heroine risks it all in biblical epic. Jan 1, 2011 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Brave heroine risks it all in biblical epic.
Jane Boursaw
Less a celebration than a lively college lecture, with CGI standing in for landscapes, panoramas and a cast of thousands. Mar 1, 2007 | Full Review…
Less a celebration than a lively college lecture, with CGI standing in for landscapes, panoramas and a cast of thousands.
Frank Lovece
The film is an exercise in overblown and overplayed. Feb 13, 2007 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
The film is an exercise in overblown and overplayed.
David Cornelius
a welcome and honorable telling of the Purim story. Jan 31, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
a welcome and honorable telling of the Purim story.
Willie Waffle
All the production money in the world isn't going to get this magnificent looking biblical clunker past the critics. Dec 26, 2006 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
All the production money in the world isn't going to get this magnificent looking biblical clunker past the critics.
Jules Brenner
The performances are all solid, although the screenplay frequently bogs down with the complexity of palace intrigues and plots that could have been rendered more consumer-friendly. Oct 30, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The performances are all solid, although the screenplay frequently bogs down with the complexity of palace intrigues and plots that could have been rendered more consumer-friendly.
Marjorie Baumgarten
The Biblical epic One Night With the King is a compelling story of faith and duty. A Jewish peasant girl named Esther wins the heart of King Xerxes during his search for a new queen, but when a nefarious prince named Haman plots to kill the Jewish population she must risk everything to save her people. James Callis gives an incredible performance as Haman; creating a tantalizingly evil villain that's smart and crafty. Tiffany Dupont's performance as Esther on the other hand is quite poor, and she's unable to hold her own against her co-stars. However, the production valves are extraordinarily well-done; from the costumes to the set designs, to the sweeping score, the film does a remarkable job at creating a grand, historical look and feel. A powerful tale of faith, One Night With the King is an inspiring spiritual drama.
Super Reviewer
The film generally adheres to the main plot of the Biblical narrative. However, the film adds stylistic elements not present in the Biblical story. The Jewish narrative of the relationship between Esther (Tiffany Dupont) and Ahasuerus (treated as Xerxes I of Persia in this, as in many adaptations) was not a love story, but a forced marriage in which Esther had no choice. The story presents many facets that could have happened rather than strictly sticking to biblical texts.
This was an Outstanding Movie, If you have traveled Western Europe or The Middle east, the scenes were so real, colors excellent, The Costumes were unbeleivable. This was a great movie, Do yourself a big favor get it, thank You Fox Family Video
Close to perfect, a rendition of the book of Esther. If I didnt know the story in the book I would have rated this 5 stars. its not a bad rendition, I just didnt give it 5 stars cuz I think they missed to "portray" a few things about Esther. Still, yknow. Its a good movie :) Maybe guys would see this as " a girly/religious movie --- and we all know how overly religious, religious movies go", I would beg to differ, this has zest. Sajbel did a great job in directing this.
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