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The Kingdom

The Kingdom

1994
Comedy, Drama
TV Mini-Series
9h 21m
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Avg Percentile 73.6% from 880 total ratings

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Rated 13 Feb 2014
66
87th
LvT steps out at the end-- Hitchcock's face in profile, looming over his audience; there's no question of who's the true auteur of this mini-series, and every episode emphatically testifies to his sense of playfulness and artifice. Pretty much every single actor is brilliant, writing is hilarious, editing and sound design are very tasteful. [side note: in the commentary, LvT says he didn't wear pants for his closing comments after the last episode. ok, Lars...].
Rated 01 Oct 2010
90
88th
After every episode, I felt like I could finally establish how I felt about it, but I never could. I would find myself laughing at how cheesy it was, while being genuinely creeped out. Some of the graphics and effects are cringe-worthy, and yet the whole is beautifully shot. I guess it's cliche to say so, but it really is the only series I've seen like Twin Peaks. I was entirely disoriented, and I enjoyed every minute of it.
Rated 09 May 2010
90
93rd
Half horror half folk comedy, Trier's Kingdom hospital is inhabited with magnificantly peculiar creatures, living as well as dead, all in pursuit of bizarre goals, all projects that will somehow go devlishly awry. Easily the best Danish tv-series since "Matador", a statement that would equally please and disgust Lars Trier.
Rated 31 May 2009
86
96th
Its More Absurd As Season 1, Not So Creepy Anymore. That Is Not A Bad Thing. The Ending Is More Open As S1 And Half The Main Cast Died Before They Could Start Season 3 Sad Sad. Still Very Nice.
Rated 18 May 2007
100
90th
Must admit I've not yet seen all of this, but it's so far close to perfection. Lars von Trier is the David Lynch of Denmark. It's funny and surprisingly believable while being incredibly creepy. The characters are all interesting and different, and so are the subplots.
Rated 04 May 2009
100
97th
Produced for Danish TV, this rates as a video great, a four-episode hospital-set ghost-story-cum-dark-medical-satire. It ranks with the best of David Lynch's work, combining horror -- Episode 4 is titled "The Living Dead" and features cannibalistic zombie nightmare sequences right out of Romero -- gallows humor (a reappearing severed head supplies one typical running riff), brain-surgery close-ups, the grottiest birth scene ever seen on-screen, voodoo, and a truly scary take on medicine
Rated 09 Nov 2010
80
79th
Equal parts horror, comedy, and cheese and I loved every minute. The final ten minutes are a real doozy.
Rated 23 Sep 2011
74
40th
Maybe my expectations were too high, but I was a little disappointed. I found the setting and most of the characters really interesting, but the incongruous tone and odd pacing made for stretches, especially in the middle two episodes where I just didn't care. Things came together a bit in the last episode but I much preferred the character interactions and the eerie comedy than the more in your face supernatural horror that increasingly takes center stage.
Rated 10 Oct 2011
54
54th
The second series, while still nominally a horror, also approximately doubles the surrealism & quadruples the humour. The comparisons with Twin Peaks are really unavoidable here. I don\'t know if this level of zaniness could have been sustained for a third season without becoming too much, but this is just the right amount. Of course, it\'s hard to really love a series that ends in mid-story (and will most likely never be completed), but it\'s still a good watch.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
74
84th
SEASON 1: As if von Trier watched TWIN PEAKS and thought, “Yes, I can do something with a TV series”. SEASON 2: Plotlines go haywire but plenty of enjoyment to be had. EXODUS: Seems von Trier came back to this feeling that perhaps he wasn’t well enough for anything for ambitious. Lots going on in terms of borrowings from cinema, opera, mythology, literature and religion, but also a sense that the story has run out of steam and ends up drowning in irony, and perhaps in the tears of its filmmaker.
Rated 09 May 2008
90
87th
Great hospital drama/supernatural comedy that meanders at a perfect pace, investing our interest in every single character in the hospital. Twin Peaks fans should make sure they catch this.
Rated 01 Jul 2010
88
86th
I kinda regret watching this, now that I read that the series was never finished, and never will be. Huge disappointment, because by the end of episode 5, I was hooked.
Rated 31 Oct 2022
80
86th
Trier's best. This wonderful genre-mixing mini-series is one to seek out and treasure, particularly the first season. Part II, while it has its moments, not so much. Season 3 (Redux) was pretty funny, however. (s1: 85, s2: 70, s3: 75)
Rated 11 Jan 2011
90
0th
Lars Von Trier's masterpiece. A great cinematic experience.
Rated 10 Feb 2015
85
81st
I never knew that the old guy from Pawn Stars could speak such flawless Swedish.
Rated 13 May 2008
82
70th
Não vou mentir, estava incrivelmente entediada durante os três primeiros episódios e não entendia em absoluto porque comparavam com Twin Peaks. Tudo que tenho a dizer é que persistam porque o quarto episódio vale a pena.Dou quatro estrelas não porque amei, mas porque sempre serei condescendente com o narcisismo do Von Trier. Rá! Na Mubi.
Rated 21 Jul 2014
100
0th
y's he do dom? did he not read enuff books
Rated 05 Feb 2023
74
81st
S01-S03
Rated 20 Nov 2007
87
78th
It's hard to describe Riget without spoiling the story. The first three episodes don't really get much done in terms of developing what's going on at the Kingdom. It's a slow, on purpose, to make it feel like every day life. There are glimpses here and there of the underlying evil that is taking place at the hospital, but it isn't unti literally the last twenty minutes of episode four that it all comes together. It's a great start, has wonderful characters, and is very interesting.
Rated 15 Aug 2011
90
98th
A daring, overwhelming synthesis of satire, horror, black comedy, and ensemble drama, von Trier's The Kingdom is a highly underrated masterwork of cinema that all too often falls victim to the poor reputation of its its aged presentation or its slow pace, but the former is a negligible flaw avoided by skipping the opening and closing segments of each episode, and the latter is not only a part of the satire, but also barely noticeable as a negative when the work is appreciated as a whole.
Rated 07 Aug 2012
82
64th
I'm so disoriented by this show, and I think it's because the absolute dryness of the comedic elements throws me off. I'm not sure whether that's the intention or if it's just the Danish/Scandinavian style of humor. Regardless, I'm a fan of horror in all forms and TV shows dealing with it like this one are way too rare. I'd rate it higher if it didn't feel a bit flat at points, but I recommend an attempted watch to any fans of the genre
Rated 27 Oct 2011
78
88th
If von Trier had made more stuff like this and less Dogville etc. the esteem with which so many hold him would make sense to me.
Rated 01 Dec 2014
6
83rd
i imagine the ugly animal preservation society would like this very much.
Rated 09 Jan 2015
96
98th
Riget is basically the scandinavian equivalent of Twin Peaks, the TV series that pushed the limit of the medium, fronted by a brilliant and arguably insane movie director. The second season takes all the black humor, scares and absurdity of the first, and turns all the knobs to eleven. Highlights include a giant, deformed \"Rosemary\'s baby\" played by Udo Kier, and an attending physician who never realized that even doctors can get sick.
Rated 28 Jan 2012
79
86th
How is it exactly that you can make Udo Kier weirder than he already is? The only thing missing in this series is a talking anteater.
Rated 13 May 2009
94
88th
Look, i don\'t care about Lars Von Trier, i don\'t care about his pre-dogma films and i care even less about Dogma 95. But Riget is, for sure, one of the best TV series i have ever seen. Inteligent, dark, really funny and absolutely insane! And man, Udo Kier as demon\'s baby, WTF was that?!?!
Rated 23 Nov 2008
65
50th
It's funny, but not really that funny...or entertaining.
Rated 30 Oct 2011
85
71st
More of the same of The Kingdom, in both its flaws and strengths. The ending is amazing.
Rated 22 Jul 2013
50
41st
Even worse than then the first season.
Rated 21 Feb 2008
63
35th
70% of it is 90p material, but the rest is totally worthless. You do the math.
Rated 11 Aug 2017
80
80th
Like apparently every great TV series ever made, The Kingdom had production problems and ends up being unfinished. It\'s almost comical how fucking often this happens, and only to shit actually worth caring about. With Järegård dead there\'s no way a third season would be worth it, and von Trier doesn\'t seem willing to just give us the screenplays. A heartbreaking abrupt end, but unintentionally harsh and apocalyptic without its conclusion in a way that suits von Trier. Suitable, not excusable.
Rated 24 Aug 2007
85
77th
23 Agustos
Rated 20 Oct 2008
75
72nd
The original, and the insipration for Garth Merenghi's dark place
Rated 07 Apr 2010
10
17th
Lars Von Trier is a boogerbrain
Rated 25 Oct 2014
63
61st
I mean, Udo Kier as a giant mutant baby, seriously what\'s not to like?
Rated 18 Jan 2008
80
61st
Utterly bizarre, chilling, and fascinating. Also, somehow frequently hilarious. The cover of the video claimed it was like E.R. on acid, and I have to agree.
Rated 21 Mar 2012
91
94th
\"The good ship \'Vasa\' was a triumph compared to this.\" THE KINGDOM II may not reach the same comic heights as Part I did (at least not as consistently), but it compensates by packing a greater emotional punch, especially in the story of Little Brother (Udo Kier), a hideously deformed \"child\" born of Judith (Birgitte Raaberg) and the demonic Aage Kruger (also Kier); the mother-son relationship here is as touching as anything in the von Trier canon. The acting and script are as great as ever.
Rated 22 Aug 2008
8
75th
Season 1 & 2 & 3
Rated 06 Jan 2012
85
89th
Episodes 5-6 go a bit overboard with the comedy and absurdity, but the series picks back up with a vengeance after that. Damn cliffhanger ending, though. Danskjävlar.
Rated 07 Nov 2017
95
95th
On the one hand, I am SO pissed there's no season three - on the other hand, this really ended on the perfect note.
Rated 12 Jul 2012
80
89th
the added level of comedy serves the series right. I hated the oh-so-serious silly ghost story of season 1, and this made it all so much better. the very last episode was definitely the best of the entire series!
Rated 08 Mar 2007
91
95th
A very enjoyable mix of hospital drama, comedy and ghost story. The elements are balanced against each other exquisitely, with none taking dominance over the others. I was surprised at how engaging every subplot was. Von Trier's comments at the end of each episode were a nice touch, too. I've got to wonder what LVT has against Sweden, since the Swedish character is one of the most despicable bastards I've ever seen. Oh well, at least he's actually BEEN to Sweden.
Rated 29 Aug 2009
7
70th
Everything goes to hell.
Rated 02 Jun 2020
7
7th
nope nope
Rated 19 Jul 2021
90
93rd
S1: 90 Not just funny but ridiculously funny. The 90sness somehow transcends aesthetic filter and is part of the hospital's atmosphere itself -- A place stuck in a zone of corrupt nostalgia. LVT's sign off is all world.
Rated 21 Nov 2022
85
94th
Doctor House for hipsters. Trier doesn't disappoint with this twin peaks worship.
Rated 19 Dec 2022
85
92nd
T1 - 85 - O LVT é totalmente demencial. T2 - 90 - Ainda mais pateta. Udo Kier é pfto demais pra esse mundo. T3 - boa, mas as dos 90 são melhores
Rated 06 Jun 2023
15
81st
★★★★½ (16) cumulative score for Riget 1 & 2

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