The Forbidden Kingdom Reviews

Movie Reviews

• the kind of martial arts family film

  by Kenneth Turan [LA Times ]

• the best fantasy story

  by James Berardinelli [Reelviews ]

• surprisingly flavorful

  Review rate : B by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch ]

• pisses away its chance to be more than middling entertainment

  Review rate : C by Matt Stevens [E! Online ]

• Nicely shot, with heaps o' stick fighting and cartwheeling stunt and wire action

  by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]

• joyous and exhilarating

  Review rate : B by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post Intelligencer ]

• It's a good film, but there's nothing that justifies me preceding that word with a 'very'

  by David Mercier [FilmJudge ]

• good-natured myth-making cut into kid-size pieces

  by Kyle Smith [New York Post ]

• at once predictable and utterly confusing

  by Vanessa Farquharson [National Post ]

• a great, heaping, overflowing helping of fun

  by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald ]

• a colourful action comedy

  by Peter Howell [Toronto Star ]
• Review rate : B+ Reviewed by Michael Sragow [Baltimore Sun ]
• Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News ]
• Reviewed by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com ]
• Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]
• Reviewed by A.O. Scott [NY Times ]

Reader's Reviews

How many stars? 1 [Very Bad] 2 3 4 5 [Excellent]

   

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