SummaryMillie (Halle Berry) is a hardworking single mom with a soft spot for strays. When Kings begins, she already has eight children living in her house and will soon bring home another. Her neighbor Obie (Daniel Craig) is the local loose cannon, and the only white man in an area largely inhabited by African Americans, Latinos, and Koreans. With racia... Read More
Directed By:Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Written By:Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Kings
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Generally Unfavorable
34
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Apr 24, 2018
63
The sprawl of it, the seeming disorganization, all work to its advantage and betray Kings' ambition. Ergüven wasn’t going for documentary, she was aiming for an impressionistic “feel” — terror, outrage, helplessness, a city and a system that aren’t built for you, even when you’re hurt, even when you’re in trouble.
Apr 26, 2018
50
The first English-language film from the Turkish-French director Deniz Gamze Ergüven (her 2015 movie “Mustang” was a foreign language Oscar nominee) is well-acted across the board, and contains more than a few outstanding, unpredictable scenes. But in tying its story to this particular moment in American history, the movie bites off more than it can coherently chew.
Feb 21, 2018
42
Eschewing poeticism for an empty sense of prefab empathy, Kings is so determined to be hopeful that it forgets to be honest.
Aug 1, 2018
40
Kings' fragmented treatment fails in delivering a compelling story. It also lacks the depth and clarity needed to convey a solid message, which one can assume was the purpose given the liberal use of certain politically charged images and sound bites. The potential was there for something grand though.
Feb 21, 2018
40
There are sparks of interest and some powerful moments, but it is structurally disjointed, tonally uncertain, unfocused and unfinished, with some very broad drama-improv-class acting from the kids and a frankly unrelaxed and undirected performance from Halle Berry.
Feb 21, 2018
25
Ergüven’s sophomore film is a tonal disaster, jerking from shrill melodrama to screwball comedy and always at the most inappropriate of moments.
Apr 26, 2018
12
What we have in the misbegotten mess called Kings is a film of countless good intentions – one that starts going bad in its first scene, gets worse form there and then dissolves into pure chaos.
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Apr 28, 2018
5
Where to begin? Kings falls flat with it's characters, whose motivations are completely unexplained, and the characters themselves are archetypes and cliches with no real attachment to the world around them. Where Kings excels, however, is in it's tone, chaotic pacing, and beautiful cinematography. It really captures the powder keg of hatred in LA and the riots quite well. However, the ending of the movie is so atrocious that I will probably never watch it again. I must give credit where credit is due, however.
Aug 8, 2018
3
Relevant theme, simplistic handling, simplistic narrative, simplistic approach. It never catches you and worse, it starts to bore you very soon.
I hate to say it but it's disposable.
Production Company:
- Ad Vitam
- Barnstormer Productions
- Bliss Media
- CG Cinéma
- Canal+
- France 2 Cinéma
- Maven Pictures
- Scope Pictures
Release Date:Apr 27, 2018
Duration:1 h 32 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Don't let your family get caught in the crossfire.
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