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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 46 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 5 out of 46

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  1. TheGilbertMulroneycakesDepartment
    Dec 9, 2002
    10
    Ha! Great little movie, though (say it with me) "Not For Everyone"! George keeps his film career on track after the false starts of "The Peacemaker" and "Batman And (urgh) Robin". And keep a lookout for David O. in the future. With your eyes. And faces.
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  2. ArtF.
    Feb 15, 2002
    0
    Terrible in every way.
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  3. BangkokDave
    Feb 20, 2003
    8
    The trendy cinematography is not important. The main thing is how skillfully the film weaves together a fun but improbable war-buddy adventure tale with serious political issues. Three Kings should be commended for the intelligent way it handles the US betrayal of the Kurds during the Gulf War and for presenting this little-discussed issue to the moviegoing audiences. Great acting by Clooney and Wahlberg doesn't hurt the film either.… Expand
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  4. NetStarG.
    May 4, 2003
    9
    Spike Jonze was in this one. Thats really cool in many ways.
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  5. JonathanH.
    Apr 3, 2004
    7
    Kind of a disappointment, but still very good war movie.
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  6. JimH.
    May 7, 2006
    9
    I just watched this for the second time (2006) against the backdrop of current events (ie. resistance to, support for ongoing war vs. terror). Yoon C (and detractors among the metacritics), while your comments are intelligent and incisive, I would argue that this movie is great precisely because it plays (and I mean, plays) along all those lines without telling you what to think. If anything it shows that all people's opinions are ridiculous and it imposes none of its own. It sounds to me like you are looking for a movie to tell you what to think of war in Iraq (that is, to tell you "war is hell" or something like that - the message you are expecting becausue you've already heard it in other movies and novels). Whatever else you say about this, it's a war movie unlike any other. It rocks first and foremost, but it also socks and it even (dare I say) does make you think. And it's still relevant seven years later, in ways that it was not when it was made. That anticipatory quality makes it much more artful than the huge majority of "deep" arthouse movies with a moral agenda. Maybe the best thing about it is that it gets the Schwarzenegger-set to watch and rewatch a movie where a child cries over her dead mother, where men are torn by morally ambiguity, where in the end we are at least given an inkling of how hard it is to "do the right thing."… Expand
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  7. KennedyB.
    Jun 13, 2006
    10
    The 3rd best film of 1999(next to American Beauty and Magnolia).
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  8. ConorO'Rourke
    Jan 1, 2002
    10
    A wonderful and original use of camera shows that originality still exists within Hollywood. The story makes ironically clear the question of war and the role the media now plays in it.
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  9. [Anonymous]
    Feb 16, 2002
    10
    Amazing.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  10. Frucky
    Mar 30, 2002
    5
    Excellent, tricked out cinematography, pretty funny, but ultimately confused. Silly plot devices and boring ending. Strangely disappointing, if you believed most of the critics.
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  11. AndrewZ.
    May 29, 2003
    10
    A hot-shot action movie. liked the plot and overall situation of what was going on. lots of blood and gore, as well as gun fights and hilarious situations. would recommend this movie to anyone that wants to have a good time.
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  12. JasonD.
    Mar 29, 2001
    10
    In a year that actually had a few good movies (Malkovich, American Beauty, etc.), Three Kings stood out as the best.
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  13. YoonC.
    Sep 21, 2003
    1
    MTV war movie, clever but brainless, moralistic but repugnant, smarminess posing as subversive deconstruction of genre conventions. It purports to make Americans face up to the truths of the Gulf War and the brutality of mayhem yet has Ice Cube blow up a helicopter with a rigged football(!!), and most ridiculously of all, has an Iraqi soldier lecture Mark Walhberg on the hypocrisy of American culture by blabbering about why Michael Jackson wants to be white. Eh? Junk fantasy morality cooked up inside an indulgent mastrubatory mind, it has nothing to do with truth, historical or otherwise, or with decency, modest or far-reaching. … Expand
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  14. PatC.
    Jan 14, 2004
    3
    Invades Iraq as a hitherto unclaimed territory in which to initiate cinematic excess. Meticulous detail to realism as a backdrop to political and moralistic posturing. It's never easy to believe we do the right things for the right reasons internationally, or that our soldier's hearts are in the right places. But it is easy to stipulate that the representations of these three bozos to same be discarded right from the get-go.… Expand
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  15. sethw
    Nov 7, 2005
    9
    Damn good movie. interesting and different. probably to much so for some people.
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  16. TonyB
    Jul 11, 2005
    3
    Easily one of the most overrated films to come down the pike in a long time.
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  17. PaulaW.
    Nov 12, 2001
    9
    At the end of the Gulf War, a trio of soldiers led by George Clooney goes on a half-cocked expedition after a supposed cache of Iraqi gold, and finds out just what and whom they have been shooting at all along. If you wonder what the title means, the runty, none-too-swift private played by Spike Jonze helpfully clarifies when he sings "We three kings are stealing the gold." Fine acting, a moral center and dazzling, bleached-out cinematography, feverishly paced. Absolutely worth your while.… Expand
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  18. chicagopiano
    Oct 21, 2011
    10
    Not for those who don't like politics. I enjoyed the original story, the acting was alright and it has just enough action to keep things exciting. Definitely worth watching, I would say not a popcorn flick.
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Metascore
82 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 34 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    75
    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.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    90
    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.
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  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    75
    Visual pyrotechnics and dark humor aside, Three Kings rules because it dares to dig for such truths, whether banal or significant.
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