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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100An expert blend of world building, humanity, and the magical strangeness of Final Fantasy. Best of all, you don't need to know anything about Final Fantasy to love it.
- Instead of trying to adapt the video game experience into a film format, Kingsglaive transforms the movie-going experience into something familiar to video game fans. It’s essentially a really long cutscene.
- 50Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayThe slick animation and exciting battles lose their novelty eventually, and there’s just not enough here in the way of edge-of-the-seat storytelling or vivid characters to compensate.
- 50Slant MagazineAaron RiccioSlant MagazineAaron RiccioThe film is, at least, a marvelously enticing advertisement for the upcoming Final Fantasy XV video game.
- 42IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichYou may not want to spend more time with these characters, but you will want to sink deeper into their world — fortunately, the forthcoming videogame will allow players to do just that. Whether the game will make retroactively make “Kingsglaive” a more engaging movie remains to be seen, but there’s certainly room for improvement.
- 40VarietyAndrew BarkerVarietyAndrew BarkerLike many a poorly-plotted video game, “Kingsglaive” manages to skate by for a while on the sheer splendor of its visuals.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreA quantum leap forward in animation and design, if not a great leap in motion capture technology or in story.
- 38The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenThe Seattle TimesSoren AndersenIt quickly becomes apparent that the narrative content of “Kingsglaive” is a barely coherent muddle.
- 20The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeKingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV is so lacking in human interest, or even in merely satisfying action, it is difficult to imagine anyone wanting to pay to sit through it. What Takeshi Nozue's movie does offer is massive, vividly rendered landscapes of sci-fi/fantasy pastiche, home to mayhem that is prettier than it is involving.
- 10The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThis spinoff from the story of a magical kingdom besieged by an evil empire is too ludicrous for words.