Three Kings (1999) Critic Reviews
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Some kind of weird masterpiece...one of the best movies of the year.Read the full review
Off-and-on cynical and sentimental, Russell's darkly comic tale shows how much can be done with familiar material when you're burning to do things differently and have the gifts to pull that off.Read the full review
When it comes to rousing action, whip-smart laughs and moral uplift that doesn't pump sunshine up your ass, Three Kings rules.Read the full review
Enormously entertaining.Read the full review
You walk out amazed and refreshed by the way it kicks the assumptions out from under the genre.Read the full review
So overstuffed with random fireworks that despite its politics, it's easy to imagine the film getting a four-star rave from Bush or Saddam.Read the full review
Visual pyrotechnics and dark humor aside, Three Kings rules because it dares to dig for such truths, whether banal or significant.Read the full review
An impudently comic, stylistically aggressive and, finally, very thoughtful manner.Read the full review
It isn't nearly as successful a showcase for this filmmaker's extraordinary talents.Read the full review
