
The life of a foster family in South Central Los Angeles, a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial.... (Full plot summary below)
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The life of a foster family in South Central Los Angeles, a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial.
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| The Film StageJordan RuimyThe missteps seem to never end as the director and actors struggle to bring some kind of coherence to this unwieldy film. |
| Film ExperienceNathaniel RogersThe most shameful mistake is the bizarre choice to cross-cut back and forth between a violent teenage tragedy and a slapstick comedy scene involving two movie stars MacGyvering their way out of police handcuffs in their underwear. |
| Cinema ScopeSteve MacfarlaneDeniz Gamze Ergüven's nightmarishly terrible Kings has a long career ahead of it as an object lesson in how not to exploit current events for festival acclaim. |
| Quelle MoviesRaquel StecherWhere it excels in capturing the unrest of an era, it fails in character development. |
| indieWireDavid EhrlichYou may not want to spend more time with these characters, but you will want to sink deeper into their world — fortunately, the forthcoming videogame will allow players to do just that. Whether the game will make retroactively make “Kingsglaive” a more engaging movie remains to be seen, but there’s certainly room for improvement. |
| The PlaylistBradley WarrenStarring Halle Berry and Daniel Craig, Deniz Gamze Ergüven's sophomore film is a tonal disaster, jerking from shrill melodrama to screwball comedy and always at the most inappropriate of moments. |
| Baret NewsKam WilliamsA harrowing descent into depravity that makes The Florida Project look like Leave It to Beaver. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreA quantum leap forward in animation and design, if not a great leap in motion capture technology or in story. |
| Punch Drunk CriticsTravis Hopsonwhile it deserves criticism for being wildly unfocused and messy, ...it's when Kings slows down that Erguven best captures civil unrest with brutal honesty. |
| Film Journal InternationalAndré HerefordStrange and evocative, but not really satisfying. |