Synopsis
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Your Movie Library
Cast
- Orlando BloomBalian de Ibelin
- Eva GreenSibylla
- Jeremy IronsTiberias
- David ThewlisHospitaler
- Edward NortonKing Baldwin
- Ghassan MassoudSaladin
- Liam NeesonGodfrey de Ibelin
- Brendan GleesonReynald de Chatillon
- Marton CsokasGuy de Lusignan
- Alexander SiddigNasir
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
Genuinely spectacular and historically quite respectable, Ridley Scott's latest epic is at its strongest in conveying the savagery spawned by fanaticism. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Fulfills the requirements of grand-scale moviemaking while serving as a timely reminder that in the conflict between Christianity and Islam it was the Christians who picked the first fight. - 75
ReelViews
Kingdom of Heaven may have problems, but it delivers. - 75
Rolling Stone
Odd as it is to say, Kingdom of Heaven loses its momentum the more Balian gets religion. - 70
Time
The battle skirmishes here mix sudden violence with slow-motion artistry. The attractive cast can sell an obsession or articulate a conundrum with equal fervor. - 70
Dallas Observer
So, if you want to see this loud but rather ordinary epic, don't expect its tricked-up cultural and theological messages to carry much water. For entertainment value, it's hard to beat the climactic siege of Jerusalem, a Ridley Scott-perfect half-hour that matches anything in "Troy" or "Gladiator" for sheer, bloody, helmet-bashing mayhem. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Scott, working from a script by William Monahan, is so busy balancing our sympathies, making sure no one gets offended, that he has made a pageant of war that would have gotten a thumbs-up from Eleanor Roosevelt. - 60
Empire
A frustratingly thin epic. You're left wanting more exposition, more character development, the tidying up of loose ends.
