Kings
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.
1 September 1959
14 September 1959, New York City, New York, USA
3 April 1975, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 March 1968, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
24 October 1967, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
April 27, 2018
The tone of the piece is all over the place, from tear-jerking pathos to ribald comedy and back again.
April 27, 2018
Strange and evocative, but not really satisfying.
April 27, 2018
A harrowing descent into depravity that makes The Florida Project look like Leave It to Beaver.
May 09, 2018
What once felt fresh and honest now comes across as completely phony.
April 26, 2018
It seems like a missed opportunity to dramatize the lives of real people caught up in the aftermath of the violence.
May 14, 2018
For all its best efforts, Kings fails to put the 1992 Los Angeles riots into focus.
April 26, 2018
The English-language debut from the brilliant talent behind best foreign film picture nominee Mustang is a terribly uneven, borderline absurdist jumble that undercuts its own message again and again.
April 27, 2018
It's possible to appreciate the film for recognizing both the horror and the absurdity in its subjects...and for playing exclusively in those extreme registers, yet still come to the conclusion that it's is all bark, no bite.
May 06, 2018
It's about screaming and loud yelling. Not to be left out, even Craig gets a screaming scene.
April 27, 2018
Kings is clueless about its subject matter.
April 26, 2018
In tying its story to this particular moment in American history, the movie bites off more than it can coherently chew.
April 28, 2018
This dud recreation of the 1992 L.A. riots traps Halle Berry and Daniel Craig and a piece of momentous, civil-rights history in a crazyquilt of random action, absurdist humor, bogus romance and questionable purpose.
