Review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005) by Daphne E — 12 May 2012

A little long, but a great look at medieval life , battle, and legendary code of honor.

This review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005) was written by Daphne E on 12 May 2012.

Kingdom of Heaven has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Kingdom of Heaven

Review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

By Alan S (335) on 26 Dec 2018

Epic film! Ridley Scott never fails. And a trusty epic, historical film. The crusader in thier never ending struggle against the enemy…

Read Review

Review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

By Maria M (328) on 12 Jun 2017

A very good film albeit a bit too violent in my opinion…

Read Review

Review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 30 Aug 2017

Scott's cast is like a grand orchestra with various performers filling the roles of instruments: Thewlis a wise, ironic oboe; Neeson a stout…

Read Review

Review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

By Aniese A (1) on 12 Jun 2017

Kingdom of Heaven is a very interesting and historical film It is about of a blacksmith named Balian has lost his family, his faith and His…

Read Review

Review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

By Mickticken (4) on 21 Jan 2021

It's easy to look at the 63 score and be angered that such a great film was mediocre to critics…

Read Review

Review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

By Tyranian (764) on 05 Sep 2019

Fairly plodding and confused, visually impressive but dramatically unsatisfying…

Read Review

Review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

By Smith T (386) on 01 Feb 2018

The Directors Cut is the very definition of a masterpiece and MUST be seen…

Read Review

Review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

By Simonjanos (4) on 16 Mar 2021

Jesus sooo bad!!! But the end of the movie is quite good just a little…

Read Review

Review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

By Mark L (1,544) on 13 Nov 2017

How can an audience be expected to care about the major battle sequences when both sides, (Saladin's & Balian's armies), are presented as the…

Read Review

Review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

By Anita G (23) on 13 Jun 2017

In my opinion this film was a epic battle and personally I like this film because is about of religion and wars ocurred in the past centuries…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

By Garry C (28) on 06 Oct 2012

I didnt even watch half of this it ws so boring…

Read Review

Review of Lost Highway (1997)

By Robert I (1,833) on 22 Jan 2013

Least favorite Lynch film. Dark and pessimistic. I can't watch it without thinking how much Lynch hated the critics of Fire Walk With Me…

Read Review

Review of Boyz n the Hood (1991)

By Rebekah L (165) on 24 Dec 2010

I was totally unimpressed…

Read Review

Review of 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

By Thegodfatherson (586) on 23 Oct 2013

I'd go so far as to say that if you really liked this film, you have a career working in fast food to look forward to. Get it? Fast food…

Read Review

Review of Contact (1997)

By Ssh83 (28) on 12 Nov 2016

Arrival (2016) reminded me of this movie. Equally ignorant. Science is faith based. It's just about what you believe…

Read Review

Review of Troy (2004)

By Hagard. (1) on 18 Jan 2007

This movie is bad. I read the book and the real story is way better. Brad pitt is the worst actor…

Read Review

Review of JFK (1991)

By Kellan W (40) on 27 Feb 2017

At a runtime of 3 1/2 hours, you better have made a damn good film. And this isn't. It's boring bullshit…

Read Review

Review of The Experiment (2001)

By Hazel-Dawn Dumpert (105) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 31 Aug 2006

Too much of a mess to say anything with assurance, pieced together as it is from mismatched institutional movies such as Cool Hand Luke and…

Read Review

Review of Cruel Intentions (1999)

By Chromate (8) on 11 Jan 2022

Cruel Intentions is so atrocious and gross that I felt like I needed to take a shower right afterwards…

Read Review

Review of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

By Gdsreviews (27) on 07 Jun 2022

George Lazenby's only outing as Bond is spectacularly bad and not worth it even to rent…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Kingdom of Heaven

2005

71%863 Reviews

The Haunting of Sharon Tate

2019

27%22 Reviews

Pumpkinhead

1988

61%429 Reviews

Assassins

1995

57%523 Reviews

Backcountry

2015

59%227 Reviews

Cool as Ice

1991

40%202 Reviews

Nine

2009

48%795 Reviews

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972

61%21 Reviews

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

2012

62%950 Reviews

Generation Iron

2013

70%80 Reviews