Kingdom of Heaven Reviews
Storytelling is sacrificed for spectacle, resulting in something breathtakingly epic yet partially unsatisfying and unfortunately forgettable.
Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 24, 2021
The ballistic bloodletting of the battle for Jerusalem is indeed awe-inspiring, but Scott also finds some space inside such heavy, hellish traffic to humanise the conflict.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 30, 2020
Even with the addition of 45 minutes of new footage, Sir Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven remains a rather uneventful epic with a story that fails to engage.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 10, 2014
Cinema's least potent leading man, Orlando Bloom, stinks up the screen in Ridley Scott's unsatisfying "epic" about the Crusades...
Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jun 20, 2009
Just another sword and sandal epic...
Full Review | Apr 29, 2009
Kingdom of Heaven is profoundly relevant for our troubled times.
Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 28, 2008
The miscasting of the lightweight Bloom proves fatal: instead of galvanizing this epic, he sucks the energy out of it.
Full Review | Nov 1, 2007
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 14, 2007
... an extraordinary work of art, a plea for religious tolerance that works because of sheer filmmaking prowess and good, old-fashioned storytelling. (Director's Cut)
Full Review | Jul 10, 2007
One of the more violent films in recent memory. But maybe the violence serves a purpose-it keeps your mind off the inanities of the plot.
Full Review | Mar 1, 2007
quick review in Greek
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Oct 3, 2006
Kingdom inevitably invites comparisons to Gladiator, Scott's last major epic. But it is a better film, partly because it does less violence to the history.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 25, 2006
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005
Kingdom of Heaven has little going for it outside of its lavish and gory battle sequences.
Full Review | Original Score: C | Oct 21, 2005
...the movie survives its lackluster star and cluttered plot, thanks largely to director Ridley Scott, who makes most of the goings-on fun while we're sitting through them.
Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 15, 2005
There's an audience for "Kingdom of Heaven" it's just difficult to know where to find them.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 7, 2005
Kingdom of Heaven isn't quite the next Gladiator with a fair share of boring moments, but it tries hard
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 6, 2005
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 5, 2005
In the end, Bloom shows promise, Scott's work still impresses, and the epic film lives to fight another day.
Full Review | Original Score: B | Jun 7, 2005