Synopsis
The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
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Cast
- Christian BaleMoses
- Joel EdgertonRamses II
- Ben KingsleyNun
- John TurturroSethos I
- Aaron PaulJoshua
- Ben MendelsohnViceroy Hegep
- María ValverdeSéfora
- Sigourney WeaverTuja
- Hiam AbbassBithia
- Isaac AndrewsMalak
Recommendations
- 90
Variety
What’s remarkable about Scott’s genuinely imposing Old Testament psychodrama is the degree to which he succeeds in conjuring a mighty and momentous spectacle — one that, for sheer astonishment, rivals any of the lavish visions of ancient times the director has given us — while turning his own skepticism into a potent source of moral and dramatic conflict. - 80
Total Film
Scott operates on a suitably Biblical scale and grounds the spectacle with rock-solid turns from Bale and Edgerton. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
No movie with such a limp ending can be fully satisfying, and the beginning also falters. But the long middle section is a rousing good show. - 60
The Guardian
It is half turkey, half triumph. - 60
The Telegraph
This is bold and uncompromising stuff from Scott; a Biblical epic to shake your faith in the order of things, not reaffirm it. - 50
IndieWire
Exodus: Gods and Kings illustrates a typical contradiction of commercial entertainment: By playing it safe, the movie fails to enrich the material, and never captures the energy that has made its narrative so captivating for millennia. - 47
TheWrap
This stodgy adaptation creaks with solemnity — not to mention reactionary casting choices — and apart from some nifty frog and locust infestations, even the special effects pale next to a wind-blown Charlton Heston parting the Red Sea. - 42
The Playlist
Exodus: Gods and Kings is a creaky, sometimes painfully boring Old Testament slog, and finds the visionary director unable to successfully wrangle a human story out of a tale of gods and kings.
