- Network: SHOWTIME
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2020
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings
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Rowley, a veteran director and producer of PBS documentaries, jolts his story along with crisp editing and a dense lattice of in-the-know interviewees. ... here “Kingdom of Silence” is most effective is using his [Khashoggi's] story as a personal mirror to the geopolitical dramas that crash all through this movie.
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It is extraordinary to view the trajectory of modern relations between the Middle East and the United States through one man's career. But Rowley's assessment of Khashoggi through "Kingdom of Silence" acknowledges the profile's incompleteness, as any truthful portrait of a man and his contradictions would be. ... So many aspects of the man are unknowable and a wealth of him left unsaid. Such ambiguity only makes the film that more absorbing and visceral to experience.
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With a lot of ground to cover, “Kingdom of Silence” wears too many hats. It’s a history lesson, a biography, and a true crime tale all at once because the parts are understandably inextricable, but more evenness in the distribution of time spent on each would have helped. More than just an homage to Khashoggi’s life, what’s most notable about Rowley’s work here is how direct he is in calling out American hypocrisy through the interviews or the facts disclosed.