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By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 07 Nov 2005

The movie does what any self-respecting politician would do: sidestep the issues, soft-pedal mortal costs, talk a fat game, and divert your…

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By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 25 Oct 2005

To introduce an archetype like this to western audiences -- as the world weathers culturally and religiously demonizing times -- may have been…

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By John J. Puccio (1,217) for Movie Metropolis (1,779) on 14 Oct 2005

the movie survives its lackluster star and cluttered plot, thanks largely to director Ridley Scott, who makes most of the goings-on fun…

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By Wesley Lovell (690) for Cinema Sight (678) on 06 Aug 2005

There's an audience for Kingdom of Heaven it's just difficult to know where to find them…

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By Mike Sage (166) for Peterborough This Week (166) on 05 Jul 2005

Kingdom of Heaven isn't quite the next Gladiator with a fair share of boring moments, but it tries hard…

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By Karina Montgomery (580) for Cinerina (549) on 25 May 2005

Any film daring to touch upon the rivalry of the children of Abraham deserves to be appreciated for its candor & for its delicacy…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 20 May 2005

Dives into the middle of a political-religious morass and still manages to avoid any significant implications…

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By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 20 May 2005

Where have all the world conquerors gone…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 19 May 2005

Most of the actors have elected to play their knights like crotchety Western gunslingers, a bizarre choice that blows a good deal of fresh…

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By Linda Cook (1,442) for KWQC-TV (Iowa) (236) on 14 May 2005

Kingdom of Heaven isn't what I'd been praying for from Ridley Scott…

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By Greg Maki (546) for Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (546) on 12 May 2005

Flawed, but Scott is such an accomplished filmmaker that he is still able to shape it into an entertaining picture…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 12 May 2005

Once Liam Neeson's noble knight Godfrey exits, Orlando Bloom's lightweight Balian can't carry this message-heavy lecture…

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By Victoria Alexander (762) for Movie Reviews in Croatian (186) on 10 May 2005

A sanitized version that celebrates a surrender. Saladin never mentions Allah…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 10 May 2005

The movie flirts with ideas and then runs away from them, so ultimately, it's not much more than a dishonest, spectacular bore…

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By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 09 May 2005

When he's surrounded by his men of brawn and battle experience, does Bloom look like the guy they're going to follow…

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By David Cornelius (645) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 09 May 2005

Scott's visual style and knack for epic storytelling carries us through, and makes his latest work passable, if not memorable, oversized…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 09 May 2005

Kingdom of Heaven, at nearly 2 1/2 hours, fails to really hold your attention. You drift off at times, waiting for something to happen…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 08 May 2005

Even though it is a long film, it feels compact. The characters are well-defined. The action scenes are well-staged…

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By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 07 May 2005

Scott cares more about getting across an ideal of religious tolerance than recounting history - which is, in the long run, perfectly OK…

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By Gabriel Shanks (177) for Mixed Reviews (171) on 07 May 2005

Ultimately, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN can't change actual history…

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