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Kings & Queen

2005

METASCORE

Universal acclaim based on 26 Critic Reviews

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85

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Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Ratings

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Kings & Queen

Movie Details & Credits

Wellspring Media | Release Date: May 13, 2005 | Unrated

Summary: This film expertly mixes comedy, tragedy and melodrama to tell the emotionally gripping story of the intersecting lives of two former lovers. (Wellspring Media)

Director: Arnaud Desplechin

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 150 min

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Metascore

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Critic Reviews

100

Variety

Deborah Young

This enjoyable French pic welds together drama, melodrama and comedy. Read full review

100

Philadelphia Inquirer

Steven Rea

Kings and Queen, full of passion and humor, madness and grief, is close to a masterpiece. It's like life: messy, impossible, elating, unavoidable. Read full review

90

Chicago Reader

Jim Healy

Arnaud Desplechin's best movie to date. Read full review

80

Washington Post

Desson Thomson

Odd, complex and charming. Read full review

80

The New York Times

Manohla Dargis

Late in his new film Kings and Queen, the wildly gifted French director Arnaud Desplechin yanks the rug from under his characters and sends both them and us reeling. Read full review

80

Los Angeles Times

Carina Chocano

A complex, boldly experimental movie plotted like a thriller and paced like a farce, Kings and Queen is category-defying film that's as smart and emotionally resonant as it is entertaining. Read full review

70

The A.V. Club

Scott Tobias

Though frequently dazzling, Kings And Queen proves that a bunch of punchy singles don't necessarily make an album. Read full review

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User Reviews

10

AntonK.

Aug 30, 2005

Fantastic, multi layered complex film. full of emotion. superb performances.

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10

Goran

Oct 15, 2005

A unique, energetic, shape-shifting masterpiece - any time you think you're about to get a comfortable handle on it, it peels back a layer. For every second of its two and a half hours, it kept me glued to my seat (and it was a particularly exhausting day). The entire cast is wonderful A unique, energetic, shape-shifting masterpiece - any time you think you're about to get a comfortable handle on it, it peels back a layer. For every second of its two and a half hours, it kept me glued to my seat (and it was a particularly exhausting day). The entire cast is wonderful (though Emmanuelle Devos is clearly rising to Goddess status now) and there's too many wonderfully imaginative scenes to name here - but I particularly loved the dream sequences, the dead father's revelation and the convenience store robbery. It's a bizarrely funny, profoundly moving, great great picture.… Expand

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10

claire

Oct 24, 2005

Sublime acting. each scene was such a gem.

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7

JoeJ.

Apr 25, 2006

A little too messy, and despite the devastating reversals, still too sentimental. I looked over Andrew O'Hehir's review after watching this, curious to see why someone could love it so much. It's clear the man is completely infatuated with the lead actress. "We bow to her A little too messy, and despite the devastating reversals, still too sentimental. I looked over Andrew O'Hehir's review after watching this, curious to see why someone could love it so much. It's clear the man is completely infatuated with the lead actress. "We bow to her superiority, yearn for her destruction and marvel at her resiliency..." ??? Well, Andy does, but not me. I thought Mathieu Amalric's character was far more interesting - he starts out as an annoying, arrogant flake but matures a great deal throughout the picture. Not bad, but overrated.… Expand

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5

CharlesM.Jr

Dec 14, 2005

I purchased this move based on the high score from critics. Mistake! Halfway into this film, it became unwatchable. I wanted to enjoy it but came away feeling let down. There were moments of good drama and some funny scenes but overall it seemed to lack a cohesive storyline and became a I purchased this move based on the high score from critics. Mistake! Halfway into this film, it became unwatchable. I wanted to enjoy it but came away feeling let down. There were moments of good drama and some funny scenes but overall it seemed to lack a cohesive storyline and became a disjointed movie. Definitely not on par with some good French cinema.… Expand

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4

TimothyD.

Jan 28, 2006

A major disappointment -- fatally overlong and grossly melodramatic. I give it a 4 instead of a 1 because of the work of the actorrs, who are this film's saving grace.

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MaryC

Aug 24, 2005

A precious few moments of real emotion, but mostly an overwrought, rambling mess of inconsistent characters with incomprehensible motivations that was neither touching nor funny. As to the reviewers--I think the emperor has no clothes.

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