Rotten
:ags in the middle, growing more interesting -- if hardly more original -- only as the situation deteriorates.
Lisa Nesselson, Variety
The King Is Alive
As the sand shifts... madness nears.
2000 · 1h 50m · R
Drama
Directed by
Kristian Levring
Overview
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of travelers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own morality.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
60%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's all very watchable, thanks to excellent performances all around...
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
Levring's film isn't nearly as smart or original as he seems to think it is.
Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
It doesn't escape its own ascetic pretensions.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
Pulsing with color and movement in a vast, dune filled landscape, this is a whole new way of using a now familiar bag of tricks.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
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