Kingdom of Heaven

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Kingdom of Heaven

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Released May 6, 2005

2h 25m

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Still in grief over his wife's sudden death, village blacksmith Balian (Orlando Bloom) joins his long-estranged father, Baron Godfrey (Liam Neeson), as a crusader on the road to Jerusalem. After a perilous journey to the holy city, the valiant young man enters the retinue of the leprous King Baldwin IV (Edward Norton), which is rife with dissent led by the treacherous Guy de Lusignan (Marton Csokas), who wishes to wage war against the Muslims for his own political and personal gain.

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Critics Consensus

Although it's an objective and handsomely presented take on the Crusades, Kingdom of Heaven lacks depth.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

The miscasting of the lightweight Bloom proves fatal: instead of galvanizing this epic, he sucks the energy out of it.

Nov 1, 2007

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 3/5

Apr 1, 2006

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Nev Pierce

BBC.com

It feels spectacularly empty.

Rated: 2/5

May 10, 2005

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Sheraz Farooqi

CinemaDebate

Director’s cut holds as one of Scott’s best. Balanced approach to this tense historical event, portraying Muslims as three-dimensional and not Hollywood’s classic route of stereotypes. Overall, well-acted, well-directed, with scale and drama throughout.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 18, 2024

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Storytelling is sacrificed for spectacle, resulting in something breathtakingly epic yet partially unsatisfying and unfortunately forgettable.

Rated: 7/10

Mar 24, 2021

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

The ballistic bloodletting of the battle for Jerusalem is indeed awe-inspiring, but Scott also finds some space inside such heavy, hellish traffic to humanise the conflict.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 30, 2020

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Tor D

The actors do an ok job in this movie but the portrayal of the knights templars as lowly thugs and bandits is unworthy and stupid. The film is one dimensional despite its attempt to show both sides of the conflict. The characters lack depth and the storyline is not compelling.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Jack M

Gladiator in Jerusalem. Good combination of action and storytelling. I particularly like that it depicts the muslims as three-dimensional characters instead of just the stereotypical "bad guys".

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/06/25

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Rosana B

Um drama histórico épico, retrato ficcional dos eventos que levaram à Terceira Cruzada, focando em Balian de Ibelin, que luta para defender o Reino Cruzado de Jerusalém do sultão aiúbida Saladino, e erroneamente ou intencionalmente retratando Sibylla como estando apaixonada por Balian em vez de Guy, uma injustiça, considerando que Sibylla teve um papel fundamental a época, que com engenhosidade e discernimento atuou fortemente no reinado… História distorcida e misógina, ótimos efeitos e longo.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/04/25

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Franz Tovie A

A Tale that should have been told extensively.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/02/25

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Rodney H

Fabulous film, absolutely loved it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Ville R

Directors cut is beautiful. Actually a deep historical film from Hollywood feels weird. Orlando Bloom is okay but not his best yet.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/29/24

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Synopsis

Still in grief over his wife's sudden death, village blacksmith Balian (Orlando Bloom) joins his long-estranged father, Baron Godfrey (Liam Neeson), as a crusader on the road to Jerusalem. After a perilous journey to the holy city, the valiant young man enters the retinue of the leprous King Baldwin IV (Edward Norton), which is rife with dissent led by the treacherous Guy de Lusignan (Marton Csokas), who wishes to wage war against the Muslims for his own political and personal gain.

Director: Ridley Scott
Producer: Ridley Scott
Screenwriter: William Monahan
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Scott Free Productions
Rating: R (Strong Violence|Epic Warfare)
Genre: History, Drama, War, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 6, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 18, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.4M
Runtime: 2h 25m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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