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Nov 01, 2023
Never since Robert Altman was there such an idictment of the decadence of American upper class life in a mainstream movie. In spite of what the detractors say, the images of vacuous parties, business meetings in empty buildings and fake…
Feb 27, 2023Grathful rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Are you familiar with the English expression and “before they died the person saw their life flash before their eyes?” That is what “King of Cups” most resembles. There is no plot. There is no character development. It is a series of…
Jun 23, 2022akirakato rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
A profoundly personal account of a writer in search for love and self. Extremely pretentious! Quite difficult for me to identify with the main character. So I quit after 30 minutes.
Jun 08, 2022ThPunnoval rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Poor old Terence Malick - after taking a hiatus after his masterpiece "Thin Red Line", he definitely was scraping the bottom of the barrel on this one - much worse than "The New World" which was a mighty vile concoction. This one might…
Jan 18, 2020doyoureadme rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I'm a Terence Malick fan, and in this offering, he paints Christian Bale as Rick, a man in an existential crisis who has been broken down by the indulgent allure of the showbiz lifestyle of Hollywood, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. But in…
Dec 27, 2019Mooseum rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Somehow you don't think a movie can be this bad, and then it is. It felt as vapid as Hollywood might be itself.
Aug 23, 2019Nooksack20 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This movie, if you call it that, is a total waste of time. No story, no script, no fun.
Mar 07, 2018lukasevansherman rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
It's like an issue of "Dwell" having an existential crisis.
Jan 12, 2018
This was a dud, I do not enjoy this style of film. Waste of time, I gave up after 20 minutes when I realized it went on in the same style.
Jan 09, 2018MICHAEL TAGGART MALONEY rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
A cinematographic meditation on alienation as experienced by the 1%. Malick invokes the Hymn of the Pearl at the beginning of the film to direct viewers to how lost Christian Bale's character Rick is supposed to be. He moves from one…
Sep 16, 2017llane rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
What a weird movie !!!! it like the director was stoned and had been watching soft porn or something !!!!!!! Fragmented trip through the mind of someone past their prime 20 mins in i turned it off
Apr 20, 2017AkMis rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
existential
Apr 19, 2017
One of the all-time best movies (Mick agrees). But not a movie for one with a shallow mind or short attention span.
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Feb 22, 2017Franln rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I suggest watching the bonus feature before watching the movie to understand better what type of film this is and to give you an idea of what to expect.
Feb 18, 2017Ron@Ottawa rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
First of, this film is by Terrence Malick, so one should not expect the conventional. Shot in a similar style to Tree of Life, a mobile camera followed the protagonist as he goes about his daily life, interacting with a number of women,…
Feb 02, 2017carolyny rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Although I tried about 5 times to make it through, I managed to fall asleep every single time. That being said, I can't judge the entire movie as I only saw about half(?) of it. What I can tell you about that first half is that this film…
Jan 11, 2017Ky68RasK rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Visually splendid thanks to Mexican cinematographer Emanuel Lubitzky. The story, however, runs a rather serpentine course. Lots of mournful commentary on the meaning of life. It requires plenty of patience.
Jan 08, 2017JoeG101 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Despite its stellar cast, the movie is incapable of holding ones attention to the point that you could ever discern what the point of the film is. Terrence Malik has some good films, but this is not one of them. All copies of this flick…
Dec 29, 2016ajaxthedog89 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I think this might be the worst movie I ever saw. Incoherent, I never did figure it out even when it ended. No story, just a series of scenes where peoples thought are given voices. I want that 2 hours back.
Nov 20, 2016
A waste of my time!
Nov 05, 2016CYLemieux rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Dreadful...artsy...even a great actor like Christian Bale could not save it!
Nov 01, 2016random_library_guy rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Junk!!! Self-indulgent trash. The whispering narrator was funny (unintentionally). oooh all the quiet deep thoughts. So deep. Shhh. "it was a door, I was afraid to go through... what is on the other side" Ooooh.. so deep! I think it'd be…
Oct 28, 2016BeausPerson rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Skip the film and watch the bonus feature on how it was made.
Oct 15, 2016biffblack rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A worthwhile film. Considerably better than the "reviews" here would lead one to believe. Yes, Knight of Cups takes non-linear narrative to the extreme, yet it isn't boring. There's very much a guiding force underneath the gliding images…
Sep 29, 2016eusebius rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Now would be a fine time for Malick to announce his retirement from filmmaking. He has made nothing of importance for many years now; Knight of Cups is just an empty display of virtuosity.