Kingdom Come
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: April 11, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
15
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
This joyous film, which confronts pain, loss and transgression with love, wisdom and forgiveness amid inspired humor, has it all. Read full review
75
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Modest, tasty, and it goes down easy, like home cooking. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
Most of the right laughs in most of the right places and some unexpected ones thrown in. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeJay Carr
In the end, it's simple warmth and sincerity that make this ensemble piece so disarming.
70
New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. Thompson
Everything leading up to the finale is funny and often heartfelt. Read full review
70
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Manages to be profound without being pompous. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldSara Wildberger
Strolls from high sentiment to low humor without a stumble, but without reaching any great depth or height.
63
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
A hit and miss proposition, with an abundance of laughs and emotional highlights to help brighten the dimly lit corners of cliche-mongering. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerDesmond Ryan
More a grab-bag of loosely connected scenes and lives than a film with a firm sense of direction.
60
Washington PostDesson Thomson
You're hard-pressed to dislike the film. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
You are left with the feeling that its excesses notwithstanding, it knows its chosen terrain. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Cranks up the hysteria to screechy sitcom levels. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
It's reduced to glorified refereeing of family squabbles discomfortingly magnified by his frequent use of close-ups. Read full review
50
VarietyLael Loewenstein
Uneven but generally well-acted. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It might work on video for viewers who glance up at the screen from time to time. The more attention you pay to it, the less it's there. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
The whole thing's as phony as a funeral oration from a pastor who never knew the deceased. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The cartoonish characters and outsize performances don't make a smooth transition from stage to screen. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
What slays them in the second balcony, though, flattens on the screen. Read full review
41
Mr. ShowbizCody Clark
The characters and their dilemmas are never convincing. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Satisfying in small ways. Read full review
40
Village VoiceEdward Crouse
Demands high tolerance for low comedy. Read full review
40
Film.comGemma Files
Not even Goldberg's near-flawless central performance can polish Kingdom Come beyond mere soap opera pap. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
So many stars means so little room for character and plot. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineStephen Miller
Chanteuse Toni Braxton, making her feature film debut as Juanita, a snobbish Slocumb relative, delivers a scene-stealing turn. Read full review
25
New York PostJonathan Foreman
The characters are tired stereotypes, the sentimentality nauseating and the situation comedy way below the standards of the very worst WB or UPN shows.
20
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
A succession of shrill overacting jobs. Read full review
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