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11/20/08
The King (2006)
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Reviews Counted:76
Fresh:42
Rotten:34
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: This disturbing film about the past coming back demanding its due evokes classical tragedy, but is ultimately too heavy-handed.
Theatrical Release:May 19, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $157,875
Synopsis: Gael Garcia Bernal (THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES) may posses the rugged good looks of a classic screen star but he continues to dodge Hollywood, instead choosing to follow his own idiosyncratic path with... [More]
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, William Hurt, Pell James, Paul Dano
Director: James Marsh
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10/18/08
The degree to which this film is unsettling is testimony to the strength of the acting and direction.
06/13/08
Red States' worst nightmare rules on screen.
05/03/07
Good work that, with a little more effort, could have been so much better.
03/01/07
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01/20/07
This movie creeped me out big time.
01/19/07
An undemanding morality tale set in the Bible Belt.
12/07/06
The filmmakers' stoicism finally proves insurmountable and indefatigable
10/17/06
I'm all in favor of warts-and-all depictions of Christians, but the closer you look, the more you realize that warts are all this film has to offer.
09/25/06
A Southwestern American pastoral of dormant menace, The King is a film of triple-dipped mood that turns on an act of shocking violence, but still seems to substitute willful indistinctness for insight.
09/22/06
"The King" actually moves you, particularly because it has outstanding actors like William Hurt and Gael Garcia Bernal giving haunting, complex performances.
09/06/06
This film wastes the talents of the entire cast.
08/25/06
Programmed by the fatalistic filmmakers toward a cruel outcome, but the actors make it convincing...
08/11/06
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08/06/06
Top CriticBoth Hurt and Bernal drift through their performances, leaving the audience as unfulfilled as an empty collection plate.
07/28/06
The many possible ways to read the film might be more fruitful if Marsh's direction was more assured.
07/15/06
Marsh has a knack for setting up twisted situations, and he nicely counterbalances the horror by filming everything in a straightforward, muted style.
07/07/06
The real acting sparks are generated by Hurt, delivering an absolutely sincere performance as a reformed sinner basking in God's love.
07/07/06
A showcase for big ideas that winds up feeling empty.
07/07/06
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