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11(61%)
mixed
5(28%)
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May 23, 2015
100
Mon Roi is one of the best films of the year and an impressively realistic depiction of the highs and lows of love.
Aug 9, 2016
100
French actress-turned-helmer Maiwenn is concerned first and foremost with her characters, who rank among the most vividly realized of any to have graced the screen in recent memory.
Aug 11, 2016
100
The movie’s ability to express, with directness and humor, the insecurities of intimacy — most remarkably during the couple’s first night together — is a delight.
Aug 12, 2016
88
That’s the power of My King. It sees that passion creates an unholy mess. Maïwenn doesn’t want to warm our heart, she wants to rip into it, and turn the concept of the Hollywood happy ending on its head.
Aug 12, 2016
88
Though it too readily compares to other intimate observations on life-changing connections, you could place this take by director Maïwenn somewhere between Ingmar Bergman’s masterful “Scenes from a Marriage” and Derek Cianfrance’s searing “Blue Valentine,” while never being able to forget My King's two brilliant performances from Emmanuelle Bercot and Vincent Cassel.
Aug 25, 2016
88
My King brims with intimate details, adding to a sense of authenticity that is rarely found in films.
May 23, 2015
80
This is an energised romantic drama overflowing with humour and passion.
Jul 10, 2016
75
Maïwenn fashions a bracing film about co-dependency, capturing the erotic contours of subservience and flattery.
May 23, 2015
70
The director, her co-screenwriter Etienne Comar and the exceptional cast led by Emmanuelle Bercot and Vincent Cassel have an acute enough eye for the manners and mores of these archetypes to make the material feel consistently fresh and alive.
Aug 25, 2016
70
The actors wrestle passionately with compelling questions about attraction and love.