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40 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThose willing to embrace this entry’s greater thematic and stylistic ambitions will find much to savor, including the stirring lead performance by Ralph Fiennes. The actor not only manages to give a fully committed dramatic portrayal that doesn’t give a hint of the material’s underlying silliness, but also demonstrates that he could have been a terrific James Bond if given the chance.
- 69CNETRichard TrenholmCNETRichard TrenholmTrashy, deliberately and provocatively fun, The King's Man does for spy movies what The Suicide Squad did for superheroes.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawLike a great big playful un-neutered pitbull, Matthew Vaughn’s new Kingsman movie comes crashing into our cinematic lives this Christmas, overturning the furniture and frantically humping everyone’s leg before rolling over on the carpet for you to tickle its tummy or anything else that comes to hand.
- 60IGNRosie KnightIGNRosie KnightThe King’s Man’s triumphant action and epic performances are dragged down by a confused story and overlong runtime.
- 50IndieWireVikram MurthiIndieWireVikram MurthiThe film’s tone is less cheeky and more serious, especially in the first half, but Vaughn and co-screenwriter Karl Gajdusek have their cake and eat it too by doling out standard “Kingsman”-esque thrills in between heady conversations about non-violence, colonialism, and the horrors of war.
- 42The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe concept of a supervillain hellbent on Scottish independence is, admittedly, kind of funny (not to mention in keeping with the overall politics of the Kingsman films). But The King’s Man can’t figure out what to do with the idea, apart from having the largely unseen bad guy yell a lot in a Scottish accent. Like so much of the film, it’s trying to have it both ways—to be stupid and clever at the same time, and coming across mostly as the former.
- 40The IndependentClarisse LoughreyThe IndependentClarisse LoughreyAll the pleasures of The King’s Man find themselves inevitably undermined by its hollowness.
- 40The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinSo no, The King’s Man doesn’t take itself especially seriously – until it suddenly, jarringly does.
- 33Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubEntertainment WeeklyChristian HolubBut for all its faults, The King's Man is at least hilariously bad in the way that emotionless, made-by-committee blockbusters like Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker are not.
- 30Screen RantMolly FreemanScreen RantMolly FreemanThe King's Man is a joyless prequel to Kingsman, devoid of the charming offbeat comedy and pulse-pounding action scenes that made this franchise fun.