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Kingsman: The Secret Service
Positive Reviews
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Negative reviews
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2.0
Far from being a Team America style send up of gentleman spy movies, Kingsman is actually even more reactionary than the movies its referencing; it tr ..
Av Club
2.0
His spy comedy Kingsman: The Secret Service is based, like Kick Ass, on an irreverent comic book series by Mark Millar, and Vaughn has cooked it into ..
EW
2.5
Alas, it seems to have taken its inspiration from one of the lesser Roger Moore efforts than the classic Connerys and the result is a fitfully amusing ..
Rogerebert
4.0
Nearly every spy thriller cliche is turned on its head here and milked for maximum amusement.
Common Sense Media
4.0
In the end, the reason it works for Vaughn is that hes making the film for adults.
Variety
4.0
Kick Ass had a sleazy streak of bloody, over the top set pieces that poked fun at the superhero genre with glorious attitude.
We Got This Covered
3.0
If all youre after are sharp suits, quickfire gags and spectacular kill shots (one unforgettable sequence is destined to go down in exploding head his ..
Time Out
3.0
A shame, then, that the film should succumb to leering laddish humour, closing on an unforgivable bum note.
The Guardian
2.0
With the superhero fantasy Kick Ass in 2010, Matthew Vaughn and co screenwriter Jane Goldman created one of the most purely enjoyable movie adventures ..
The Guardian
4.0
Verisimilitude is frequently traded in for a rich laugh.The action scenes delight with shock humour.
The Guardian
1.3
As the film launches into the ludicrous climax, it becomes clear that its merely acting tough and clever.
3.8
Another set piece, featuring a room full of exploding human heads, looks like technicolor Orville Redenbacher popcorn.Its more comedic than disturbing ..
4.0
While poking gentle fun at the new more serious toned Bond franchise and offering up some delightful homages to the class orientated themes of the cla ..
Screen Daily
4.5
Its a movie about modern day knights, and while the modern world may be crass and uncouth, that doesnt mean we have to lose a touch of class.
Collider
3.5
Its an immaculately engineered, laugh out loud appeal to our own depravity.
Vulture
4.0
Just as the cast combines masterly screen vets and impressive newcomers, the film embraces old school undercover sensibilities while updating them.
The Hollywood Reporter
2.0
Or the fan base may just be electrified by Vaughns cheeky ultraviolence and profligate visual style, which accentuate the films comic book feel.
2.5
That said, as this bludgeoning movie grinds to a halt, its gears clogged by viscera and narrative overkill, even those who enjoy go go gore may end up ..
The New York Times
3.9
Maybe this reads like a laundry list of ridiculous cliches to you.Maybe youre boring.
Paste Magazine
4.5
(The portrayal of one real life ringer in particular here might even offend some more sensitive American voters.
IGN
1.0
For those weary few of us who harbour an allergy to Vaughns deliberately obnoxious style, each movie feels like an insult one added to a heap of compu ..
Telegraph
5.0
The special effects used to allow the actress to spin, slice and dice any adversary with those prosthetic running blades is quite amazing, though whet ..
2.5
This may be a trend worth watching.Mick LaSalle is The San Francisco Chronicles movie critic.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.5
The film is not only stylized, but it is also about style. From the multipurpose suits and accessories to the deadly prosthetic legs, there is an eleg ..
The Young Folks
4.0
Exhilarating, morally dubious and exhausting, it pitches the film headfirst into its utterly demented third act.
4.5
It would be easy to praise Kingsman for its breathtaking action sequences and logical, as well.
Cinema Blend
2.0
Its easy to see why Vaughn (Kick Ass) would want to adapt The Secret Service, the graphic novel on which the film is based.
Ny Daily News
4.5
For me, KINGSMAN is the best thing Vaughns done since LAYER CAKE, and considering how much I liked both FIRST CLASS and KICK ASS thats pretty high pra ..
JoBlo
4.0
Vaughn and Goldman borrow heavily from espionage thriller classics but through smart genre riffs and hyper stylized action, Kingsman: The Secret Servi ..
Screen Rant
3.8
But here comes the fun: Valentine brings up classic spy action genre, mentioning cliche elements and then dismissing them.
The Globe And Mail
3.8
If the kinky bondage of 50 Shades is not your thing, the kinky Bond age of Kingsman: The Secret Service may be more to your liking.The movie is a craz ..
Philly
2.5
The film tries so hard to be a clever, deconstructive meta tale, forever winking at the audience about its silly story, that it metas itself into insi ..
Philly
4.0
Kingsman: The Secret Service is a breath of fresh air in the spy movie genre.
3.0
But even here the face off between Eggsy and Gazelle, while again terrifically staged, is grimmer than it should be, and a final gag designed to end t ..
One Guys Opinion
1.5
Everything in Kingsman is familiar, cribbed from James Bond and a thousand other sources, yet every setup gets twisted twice, and then once more, just ..
Village Voice
2.5
Often, its a droll riff on spy movies and what makes a gentleman, fine tailored (bespoke) suits and the clash of classes evident by the posh accents t ..
Rogers Movie Nation
2.0
But, if looking solely for escapist entertainment, it is amusing in spots.
Sover
3.8
Although Kingsman is for the most part an enjoyable experience, it runs too long.
ReelViews
3.0
Its a hurricane of a picture, authoritative and downright fun for about an ho ..read more..
Blu Ray
3.0
On the other hand, if its eye popping spectacle you seek, Kingsman hits its marks with the style and skill of an expert assassin.
Tv Guide
3.1
Kingsman: The Secret Service is a good deal of fun for quite a long time.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
Like a good comic book artist, Vaughn packs the frames with eye popping detail, and theres an infectious creative energy to his violent action sequenc ..
Chicago Reader
3.1
Kingsman: The Secret Service has enough self awareness to make the jokes and the genre references but not enough to give them a purpose.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.8
Still, Kingsman is giddy fun, sometimes thrilling, often absurdly amusing and consistently well tailored.
Usa Today
3.1
But thats precisely the reason that Layer Cake just doesnt work; stripped of Ritchies flashy visuals, the film comes off as a flat riff on a tired gen ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Its a pretty dark joke that has global genocide and a decorative display of exploding heads for its punchline.
The Times
3.0
The acting is solid in all the main characters.There is a lot of action and a lot of dead bodies before it is over.
Lariat
3.0
Its juvenile, but there are enough exploding heads to hold your attention.
News Review
4.0
Ultimately, though, light hearted, fast moving entertainment is the name of the game, with Firth a quite excellent action hero.
Radio Times
4.0
If you dont take it seriously for one instant and dont mind the hard R content, youll have a blast.
Screen It
3.0
Director Sam Mendes did a sterling job with Skyfall but the last movie ended on a very downbeat note with poor old Judi Dench signing out of the serie ..
Independent
3.8
Caught between straight up James Bond and the Austin Powers parody version, Kingsman is a high octane combo of action and comedy that breathes surreal ..
Rolling Stone
4.0
In terms of cut, the films style is precise and yet broad, with the hidden lairs, jump suited minions and maniacal villains of a long gone era of Bond ..
The Wrap
3.8
The less you try to make sense of Kingsman: The Secret Service, the more youll enjoy this freewheeling, preposterously violent action comedy from the ..
News Day
3.0
Kingsman star Taron Egerton is a serviceable young action star who is recruited by Harry Hart (Colin Firth) to join a secret spy organization.Jackson ..
Cs Monitor
1.3
Its spilled all over the place, leaving you with a mess instead of a buzz.
New York Post
3.5
Kingsman probably is the most deliciously twisted film of the year.
Hindustan Times
4.5
The biggest kick in Kingsman: The Secret Service is watching 54 year old Colin Firth, heretofore the epitome of British refinement onscreen, bust a mo ..
Film Journal International ..
4.0
Things go from far fetched to insane before its over, and Vaughn wisely keeps the pace at a healthy clip. But never underestimate his power to floor y ..
Az Central
4.5
Oh, very likely and not necessarily for reasons you might expect but thats rather the point.Theres something to be said for a movie especially a comed ..
Mountain X
3.5
This anti gag is at the heart of Kingsman, which keeps finding new ways to surprise with well trodden territory.
Npr
3.5
Vaughn is a gifted director where visual style is concerned, but occasionally off target with matters of character and timing.
Star Tribune
1.5
And the movie ultimately betrays the foundations of its own premise in horrendously unforgivable ways.
1.5
Eggsy doesnt seem to be a good fit, what with all the other Kingsman so posh and at least figuratively noble.
3.8
But theres enough action, suspense and all around fun to make Kingsman: The Secret Service an unexpectedly enjoyable ride.
Toronto Star
4.0
And young Egerton is absolutely terrific.I could have done without one scene in particular, an orgiastic melee of killing in a U.S. church that seems ..
Daily Mail
4.0
But, for the most part, this is a riotously entertaining, superbly written thriller that will leave you shaken (with laughter) and stirred.
Flim List
4.0
If youre looking for a good time at the movies, with absolutely zero thinking involved, then youve come to the right place.
Film Inquiry
4.0
Sparking with energy and an abundance of ideas, this is a wild joy ride of a spy movie in which laughs, tension, surprises and action jostle for atten ..
4.0
There are bulletproof blazers, programmable wrist darts, poison spiked shoes, etc. And Valentine dwells in a spectacular mountain lair.
Susang Ranger
1.3
But Kingsman: The Secret Service is a sad pilfering of his classic talents.
Observer
4.0
Surprisingly, as ridiculous as the story is, it can genuinely be touching at times.
Flickering Myth
4.3
If there is a sequel, lets hope Vaughn and company dont screw it up (he says with ominous foreboding).
Flim Threet
4.0
Sure, it tips its hat to the spy genre of the 60s but the movie has fun with it.
Book My Show
2.5
How should the dead, or the undead, adjust to the rhythms of the quick.The quest for answers is what drives this tale, guards its deadpan mood, and gu ..
New Yorker
1.5
Rest is a hotch potch of blood, gore and some guiltily enjoyable acting (including by newbie Egerton).
The New Indian Express
3.0
It is ridiculously entertaining in parts but let down by a yawn of a plot and some fairly cheap looking effects work.
Express
2.0
For a mid February release, Kingsman: The Secret Service is a modestly entertaining romp that will probably delight those who like to see a genre turn ..
The Film Stage
1.9
The sudden slo mo; the flurry of anonymous kills, painlessly brutal but cumulatively numbing: After an hour I wanted some visual clarity and something ..
Chicago Tribune
3.8
If Kingsman respects genre legacy with a brazen wink, you have to think 007 would approve.
Boston Globe
3.0
Kingsman manages to be simultaneously mildly enjoyable and mildly disappointing.
Uproxx
2.0
Though competently acted and lushly upholstered, this childish film is perennially let down by bold type irony: so bludgeoning that it ceases to merit ..
The Irish Times
3.0
This is a hugely entertaining, heartfelt thrill.In an era of filmmaking where studios try to artificially manufacture not only franchise but entire un ..
Blogs Indie Wire
2.5
Kingsman fancies itself the cleverer, more self aware cousin of those movies, but it lacks the wit and style of the best Bond adventures.
Las Vegas Weekly
4.0
The violence may frequently be extreme, but its engineered with exceptional wit and inventiveness.
The Atlantic
3.3
Kingsman: The Secret Service is a spectacle that needed better action With an outstanding ensemble, terrifically topic plot and overall spirit of fun ..
Lyles Movie Files
4.0
Harrys rampage like Magnetos assault, in Vaughns X Men: First Class, on two Nazis in an Argentinian bar is almost orgiastic in tone.To accuse the dire ..
Standard
4.0
Kingsman is a hugely enjoyable, super styled, ultra violent fantasia, pushing all those starchy, toff values that underlie Bond into absurdity but the ..
Standard
4.0
Even though this is based on a comic book, it actually turns out to be an entertaining thriller/spoof of the James Bond genre.
Tony Medley
2.0
There was an era five years ago or more when director/co writer Matthew Vaughns gloomy deconstructionist spoof of the spy thriller genre would have pl ..
Coles Mithey
3.0
Based on the comic book The Secret Service, Kingsman is an irreverent blast that wears its R rating like a badge of honor.
Detroit News
3.8
The Bottom Line: Maintaining the snarkiness of Mark Millars writing, but creating something on a much grander scale, Vaughn embraces the simple premis ..
3.1
Um, right: chances are you couldnt count the ones youve seen with all your fingers and toes.
Groucho Reviews
3.0
It may be the pinnacle of what Matthew Vaughns done so far on film, and the best example yet of where his head and is heart are as a filmmaker.
Hit Fix
3.5
Fox may have a new franchise on its hands with this witty and occasionally spectacular homage to 1970s era James Bond adventures.
Forbes
3.5
This clever, unpredictable and proudly disposable affair amounts to nothing less than the first genuinely exciting comic book adaptation since the ori ..
Herald Sun
2.0
Unfortunately, despite moments of inspired creativity, Kingsman proves frustrating.
Consequence Of Sound
2.5
They tried to give you a few thrills, and leave you walking out of the theater happy.This isnt that kind of movie.
Nj
4.0
Its not possible to say with any certainty whether Vaughn is straining to push the envelope or engaging in a perverse exercise in counter cultural wis ..
Movie Habit
3.5
The film blends the best of sports movies (since the kids are all competing against each other, and theres a definite snobs vs. slobs component), acti ..
Vox
4.0
Well, thats certainly something Vaughn has sought to rectify, because this unashamedly and unrelentingly enjoyable piece makes for immensely entertain ..
Hey U Guys
3.0
Kingsman: The Secret Service wears its influences on Colin Firths immaculately tailored sleeve. It winks and nudges and points, and if you still dont ..
Oregon Live
5.0
It, moreover, offers full screen display thanks to its notch design.
Scroll
4.5
Its a sequence that reminds me of those stick figure Madness Combat cartoons from a decade ago.Its absurd and yet completely brilliant.
Ner Dist
1.5
But hes also a one note gimmick, like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers, which cant sustain an overlong, poorly paced picture of conflicting messages and ti ..
4.0
Its all enormous fun and, even if you arent snorting at the bad language and toilet humour, youll at least leave the film pleased to know there are pe ..
Mirror
3.8
The script occasionally pokes fun of spy genre tropes but it also utilizes many of them.
Three Movie Buffs
4.0
Vaughn, however, has hit on a fantastic twist on the action movie a pinch of Lock, Stock cheekiness blended with a dash of 80s retro (even quoting Tra ..
Games Radar
4.5
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You Tube
3.0
Watching Kingsman: The Secret Service made me think of Casino Royale.Both of them.
Tamp A Bay
2.5
While the bounteous fight sequences have verve and style, the rest of the film does not.
Abc
4.0
K:TSS is a lot of laughs, even if it delivers moments where youre really not sure whether you should be chuckling.
Nz Herald
4.4
Those of limited imagination will likely complain Kingsman is cribbing from the 007 franchise. But its really subverting it at every turn.
Kansas City
4.0
The transformation is a compelling one, undertaken with no shortage of humour, drama and gags about bum sex.
Digital Spy
4.0
The most fun Ive had at a movie for a while, Kingsman: The Secret Service is an utterly outrageous, logic defying, live action cartoon of a film, a ri ..
Flicks
2.5
Its a weird feeling to think youre enjoying a movie until, all of a sudden, you realize youre not.Thats the major takeaway from Kingsman: The Secret S ..
Red Eye Chicago
1.9
Kingsman is like a high speed collision between a Jaguar and a jaywalking soccer hooligan. Its ridiculously out of balance, and when youre stuck in th ..
Stl Today
4.0
This movie is a whole lot of fun, especially to be treasured by movie nerds (references galore) and action aficionados (a few of the sequences, while ..
Stl Today
4.0
And for the most part it all fits seamlessly into a story that feels fresh and contemporary.
Screen Crush
2.0
Newcomer juvenile lead Taron Egerton handsome, bright, Welsh has promise. He should be moved in the direction of a good movie.
Ft
3.5
Vaughn wants to film something equal parts violent, comic, and moving, a Tarantino esque concoction that surprises you with its audacity, but with vir ..
Ar Kansas Online
3.5
Its like a movie mix tape, merging together multiple ideas and inventions without letting one or more truly sink in.
Film Racket
3.5
I dont know if Kingsman, which is based on a comic book series, has quite the same iconic appeal, but it is a cheeky and wholly entertaining tweak on ..
Vanity Fair
4.0
You can smell sequel all over the ending of this film, which is now standard business practice.
Hollywood And Fine
4.0
But for film buffs there are any number of finely crafted in jokes (not least casting Michael Caine as the spy groups ultra suave chief, a neat invers ..
The Arts Desk
5.0
Phoenix gives the funniest performance of his career.And after cinema heavyweights The Master and There Will Be Blood, this reminds us of Andersons li ..
The Sun
2.5
The world is changingthats why aristocrats developed weak chins, Colin Firths Harry Hart declares in Kingsman: The Secret Service.
Wsj
2.0
As youd expect from Matthew Vaughn, the purveyor of the scintillating superhero sendup Kick Ass, the experience is adrenaline pumping to the point of ..
Patriot Ledger
3.0
One of the most smartly crafted action films of recent years... it has some grim, grim thoughts about human beings and society.
Antagony & Ecstasy
4.4
You simply cant resist the societal urge to see something so uninspiredly naughty.
2.0
The film culminates with a final half hour that is so wonderfully absurd that it will leave many laughing loudly and repeatedly.
The Film Pie
3.0
Then again, this is an action movie, and Vaughn directs the many eruptions of increasingly bloody violence with flair.He brings a frenetic, mostly coh ..
The Dissolve
3.5
Kingsman Synopsis The Secret Service tells the story of a super secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the a ..
Movie Web
2.0
Simultaneous spoof, homage, one upping, and debasement of James Bond, delivered with gory, self conscious glee by the inimitable Matthew Vaughn (Kick ..
Sandiego Reader
1.0
Just a void of empathy, a predictable game of chess that wields its characters as nothing more than unprincipled tools of violence.
Cinemix Tape
3.0
Its a goof, a lark, a bit of silliness that filters bombastic American junk through an English sieve blending dry wit and reticence into a melange of ..
Metro New York
1.5
The main reason Kingsman: The Secret Service leaves you feeling rooked is that it wastes a once in an actors lifetime opportunity.
Film Comment
4.0
Bold, brash and bonkers: Vaughns best work yet grabs you by the lapels and never lets up.
One Room With A View
1.5
Once those actors disappear, what is left is a generic everything explodes finale and the sinking realisation that the underwhelming Egerton has been ..
Sbs
3.8
Fifty Shades starts strong, then goes off the rails hello Ana (Dakota Johnson) becomes enthralled with an older billionaire (Jamie Dornan) in the S&M ..
Daily Herald
4.0
Kingsman is an unashamedly entertaining spy movie that isnt afraid to get foolish.
The Shiz Nit
4.0
Of course, this isnt a dissection of proper values or a character drama.
What Culture
3.8
Both films were quotable, hilarious and exuberantly over the top.Unfortunately, successes like these arent the norm in a grab bag genre stuffed with t ..
Mercury News
2.0
Its a holiday weekend with an eagerly anticipated big movie, so Dave and Alonso recorded early.
Bitly
2.0
It ends on an anal sex joke, all while having babbled out of its own arse for the preceding two hours.More from The Skinny:
Bitly
4.0
In Kingsman: The Secret Service, superheroes have been replaced by super spies, but this Bond riffing deconstruction of the espionage thriller is both ..
Scots Man
4.0
There will be spectacle, there will be poignancy, there will be a character who shapes up as a great soft toy.
Scots Man
4.0
Kingsman has a light touch, poking fun at classic James Bond films, alongside more modern fare like the Bourne movies and 24. But it also has heart, a ..
Polygon
3.5
At its heart, Kingsman is just as much a parody of James Bond and his spy genre cousins as the Austin Powers franchise.
Under The Radar Mag
2.5
As it is, the prospect of another movie in the company of one is enough to make you grateful for the joyful adventure Vaughns made while hoping hell b ..
The Ooh Tray
1.9
Vaughns film is proof that Bond has royally mucked up the spy genre, very likely until the end of the world finally ends, and that no movie that wants ..
Movie Mezzanine
4.0
A cheeky James Bond pastiche that fizzes with tongue in cheek humour and larky ultra violence.
What So
3.5
The director, action maniac Matthew Vaughn, demonstrated an alarming facility for splattery mayhem in his Kick Ass films, and theres lots more of that ..
reason
4.5
A disappointing final note for a movie that is otherwise entertaining.
Lainey Gossip
3.8
A cleverly constructed homage to the Bond pictures, particularly the early ones starring Sean Connery, before everything got so deadly serious in the ..
Seattle Times
4.4
The picture cannily works on two fronts, not only operating as a bona fide throwback flick but also subverting the genre in imaginative ways.
Clclt
3.0
Its a ludicrous style that veers straight into Looney Tunes territory.
Fresh Fiction
4.0
Will make you forget all about that stuffy James Bond flick coming later this year.
4.0
His latest is a razzling, dazzling blast and a half that, by infusing the genre with fresh ideas and energy, does it a service unlikely to stay a secr ..
Seven Day Svt
3.5
After a January packed with high minded Oscar films, Kingsman: The Secret Service is a much needed blast of fresh air.
Concrete Play Ground
2.5
The film takes its time revealing its secrets, so much that were more than two hours in before we reach the finale and its mid credits sting.
National Post
3.5
This is a slick, fast paced film that maintains its sometimes unbearable tension until the last roll of the dice.
The Australian
4.0
But this is still a blast, seamlessly blending thrills and smarts.
The National
3.0
However, theres always a place for a daft espionage romp and director and co writer Matthew Vaughn strides into the comedy void with this wry subversi ..
Sky
2.5
Therefore, theres a slot to be filled in the elite team, which finds Eggsy issued forth, sponsored by Galahad.
Ion Cinema
3.5
This is a good one shot adventure that doesnt leave me wanting to see much more from it.
Blacknerd Problems
3.5
At one point, Vaughn pays perverse homage to early screen choreographer Busby Berkeley with a spectacle of exploding body parts, announcing that this ..
Winnipeg Free Press
2.5
Director Rupert Wyatt pulls no punches in vividly portraying the moral gutter gambling addicts can find themselves in, and Mark Wahlbergs boyish face ..
Tiny Url
3.0
She can slice a man in half lengthwise with one slash of her leg.
Movie Mom
4.4
Unlike Vaughans filmmaking contemporary Zack Snyder, Vaughan doesnt focus on hyper stylized visuals to delight the audience.
Cinema Sight
3.0
Its bombastic and wears its heart on its sleeve, and while it doesnt always succeed, it aims high on the fun o meter for its entire runtime, and often ..
Fan The Fire Magazine
4.5
Only one complaint. Why the heavy language The R rating keeps teens whod also enjoy this really fun spy romp from enjoying the fun without mom and dad ..
Tri City Herald
3.5
Entertaining, slick and expertly soundtracked, Kingsman: The Secret Service is an adventure for fans of old school espionage and new fangled action al ..
Trespass Mag
5.0
By this point you will have sat through one of the most ridiculously entertaining spy flicks since Roger Moore hung up his safari suit.
Daily Star
2.5
Firth does a good job as the proper English spy and looks like hes having a good time. Sadly I couldnt say the same.
Media Mikes
4.0
Its a stylish, cocky, silly and exciting movie, and demands not to be taken seriously even when it has something serious to say.
Toronto Sun
4.5
Mentor, counselor and brilliant, Strong embodies the invincibility and magic of Merlin and shows something we dont normally see with Strongs character ..
4.0
Now that the old school Bond archetype is back, we find weve missed it. No one does debonair gentleman spies better than the Brits.
Theepoch Times
3.8
From the focus on manners and culture to its references to other movies and, indeed, movie clichs, this is a fun romp for grownups.
Qc Times
4.0
Kingsman: The Secret Service is puerile entertainment done with great energy and technical skill.
Fw Weekly
3.8
More often than not, as he keeps the action coming and juggles numerous topics, Vaughn delivers a vibrantly entertaining good time.
Sf Examiner
3.5
Developed separately from the Millar penned comic on which its loosely based, Vaughns film improves on that version in just about every way, deliverin ..
Blog Bullz Eye
2.0
Lesson learnedcock of the walk dickishness knows no class bounds.
Vue Weekly
3.1
Style to spare Sure. Bond like flourishes Yup. Yet Kingsman crumbles under the weight of its own ultra violence.
Hollywood Into To
3.1
The set pieces manage to be both bold and old. A bloody shoot out set in a Kentucky church, however, is just cold.
Us Magazine
3.0
When GAME OF THRONES wants to avoid something, it can be surmised that there may be good reasons for avoiding it.
Assignment X
3.2
Kingsman is the James Bond film that doesnt take itself too seriously.
Spectrum Culture
2.0
It takes me out of the film.While Kingsman: The Secret isnt as good as Kick Ass or Stardust, two of my all time favorite films, this is another solid ..
Wp Me
4.5
A smarter spoof than Austin Powers, and free of the over seriousness of the Bond movies, Kingsman: The Secret Service is a much needed fresh take on s ..
Dark Horizons
4.0
Kingsman has style, fun and debonair that only the very best of the early Bond films touched.Lets hope that this bombastic franchise is able to keep V ..
Graffiti With Punctuation
3.0
Does Kingsman: The Secret Service have a secret right wing agenda I couldnt get that thought out of my mind while watching this visually taxing and no ..
Movie Chambers
3.0
Wayhomer Review #180: Kingsman: The Secret Service Its Episode #180 for Kingsman: The Secret Service, in which our protagonist definitely feels like h ..
Need Coffee
3.0
From start to finish, Kingsman is cartoonish or maybe graphic novelish in the absolute best way possible, thanks to its inventive mix of action.
Review Journal
3.0
It is difficult to see how much more he can push the envelope before even the not easily shocked Galahad might think it was too farfetched.
Richard Crouse
4.4
Just as Kick Ass served as a satire of comic book flicks while also lovingly appropriating most of the genres tics, one gets the sense that Kingsmans ..
Free Beacon
2.0
Kingsman isnt a send up of the genre; its a rebuke of the relentlessly grim, faux realistic modern Bond, Bourne, Batman and the latter half of Liam Ne ..
Willamette Week
4.7
Its a thrilling spectacle to behold, and features a break out performance by Anton Edgerton as Eggy, Firths protege.
Schmoes Know
3.0
Kingsman is entertaining in its way and occasionally clever, but also relentlessly smug and sexist.
Metro Times
4.0
Matthew Vaughn is the anti national treasure British cinema has been crying out for.
Little White Lies
4.4
Thats precisely what Vaughn is hoping as he lets Firth cuts loose and have some fun as the prim and proper man of action.
Kpbs
3.1
The core story unfolds predictably, but, like the Kingsmen themselves, with style.
MLive.com
3.1
If a new franchise has just been born, it is very likely to ripen with age.
The Film File
3.1
A veritable Dinstuhls of scrumptious eye candy, but with a premise that is a throwback fantasy to an era of white supremacist colonialist world oversi ..
Commercial Appeal
3.0
Kingsman is a frenetic, witty blast, and just the kind of fresh take an increasingly overly serious, borderline stale genre needs.
4.5
All about fun, playfully riffing on the James Bond movies while establishing a stylish, over the top formula of its own and tackling the issue of clas ..
L.A. Biz
3.5
When its not winking at the audience with its over the top ridiculousness and the occasional John Barry esque musical cue, it embraces a style all its ..
Standard Net Au
4.0
Outlandishly entertaining and gadget packed with eye popping set pieces including a bumper to bumper car chase, Kingsman aims to be nothing more than ..
Birmingham Mail
5.0
Surely thats worth the price of admission alone, right.Kingsman is just magnificent.
The Mercury
3.0
Firth participates in the bulk of the fisticuffs, and seeing the British actor best known for playing a role in which his chief antagonist was a speec ..
Stardem
5.0
It may seem hyperbolic to declare a movie one of the best of the year when the year has barely even started, but Im calling it now: if Kingsman doesnt ..
Alternative Lens
3.5
Bond it is not The fun of a spy film, of the James Bond and beyond ilk, is the thin line between mayhem and sophistication.Leaving aside the sexist ma ..
The Tyee
3.0
Firth is a revelation, abandoning muted British charm for pure ass kickery.
The Reader (Omaha, NE)
1.5
If you must have a stylistic gambit, better slow motion than incomprehensible motion.
D Cist
4.0
As an exercise in hyper violent style, with audacious wit and confidence, Kingman is immense fun while the gritty Bond films have been admittedly grea ..
Gq Magazine
1.5
Allowing so little of the world to make its way into the movie renders it dramatically one sided and stilteda stuffed replica of what it could be.
World Socialist Web Site
3.0
Vaughn has transformed the original comic book story into one with enough sharp edges that this could be the next big spy series. To accomplish that t ..
Fres Nobee
4.0
The story makes little sense but moves fast enough that the viewer hardly notice.This film is astonishing and fun.
Leepers Us
3.8
The violence, though graphic, is so cartoonish that it really cant be taken very seriously.
Reel Bob
3.8
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Cinema Phile 2010 Blog Spo ..
4.5
And that sets the tone from there.Kingsman isnt going for the suave gravitas of the 007 films: its on a somewhat more regular bloke level and this cha ..
The Movie Minute
4.5
The plot wasnt the most plausible but youre having so much fun that you go with it.
ComicBook.com
4.0
This is the sort of movie that isnt exactly date material, unless of course your love interest doesnt mind seeing rapid fire scenes of violence includ ..
4.5
Its masterful filmmaking that few directors have ever successfully managed.
KCCI (Des Moines, IA)
4.5
With lashings of sly wit and gobsmackingly gleeful carnage this sharp suited superspy is on a mission to thrill.
CNET
5.0
A nostalgic homage to 007 thats also the most mesmerizing movie of the year thus far.
Baret News Wire
3.8
But theres something terribly misjudged tonally in Kingsmans most over the top action set pieceswhich set brutal violence to jaunty music as ostensibl ..
City Weekly
3.8
Kingsman: The Secret Service isnt for the politically correct or the faint of heart. But, if youre on its groovy, twisted wavelength, its a stone blas ..
Play Boy
4.0
Hes once again delivered a thoroughly enjoyable, entertaining action film that finds substance in its style and never lets go of it.
Fanboys of the Universe
3.0
So then the only question is whether the journey to our inevitable destination is a properly engaging one, however predictable it may be.
Zaki's Corner
2.0
Kingsman: The Secret Service holds many surprises: all inventive, some comical, most intentionally silly, a few horrifically and gratuitously violent.
Charlotte Observer
3.5
Unlike 007, Kingsman revels in getting its hands bloody and dropping a few F bombs along the way.But thats half the fun of the film.
Movies 8 My Life Blog Spot ..
4.0
Depending on your taste in action movies, youll either find it disgraceful and repulsive or gloriously entertaining.
2.0
Kingsman: The Secret Service is not the movie you probably think it is.
Topless Robot
3.5
But be warned: It definitely earns its R ratingespecially in its final moments, when it dives into a particularly randy joke.
Neils Entertainment Picks
3.8
Matthew Vaughns shamelessly entertaining spy goof Kingsman: The Secret Service is bloody, crass, and snotty, and tramples all over one of my favorite ..
Madison Movie
4.0
A witty, entertaining spy romp that also manages to sneak in a serious message.
NME
4.0
But the old movies this new one is mocking at least had a breeziness to them; for all its whirling energy, this thing sure isnt much fun.
The Concourse Deads
3.0
The secret sauce for Kingsman: The Secret Service may be just common ingredients, but its still makes for quite a treat.
ScreenAnarchy
3.1
It is fast, furious and unapologetic in its rambunctious spirit as a ricocheting romp.
SF Crowsnest
4.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service is absurdly over the top, sleekly stylized, expansive and inventive, and most importantly, outrageously fun.
3.0
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Austin Movie Blog 360
4.0
A powerful adaptation, well made, directed and written, that is also intelligent and, above all, extremely funny.
Código espagueti
2.0
Kick Ass was a hilarious subversion of the superhero genre; Kingsman is just as dumb, if not dumber, then the movies that inspired it.Matthew Vaughn s ..
3.5
Although it begins as a predictable 007 spoof, Kingsman: The Secret Service soon finds its own groove. Director Vaughan has a licence to thrill and do ..
UTV
2.0
Not every comic book adaptation is going to have the gravitas of Christopher Nolans Batman trilogy, nor should they, and Kingsman isnt entirely withou ..
0.5
I had no idea how much I wanted to see Colin Firth kick butts and shoot people in the head until I saw him do it.
4.0
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (MA) General release Colin Firth is that mix of handsome, debonair and masculine Brit, and Ive had occasion to wonder how ..
The Canberra Times
2.0
The second half of the movie becomes a loud, f bombing clich of excessive violence.
Crumon Showbiz Blog Spot
5.0
It slaps you in the face while making you laugh.Fun and completely entertaining, it also isnt afraid.
The Federalist
3.0
The gist of The Secret Service isnt all that different from the movies Gallahad mentions.
College Movie Review
4.5
Enjoys its basest fantasies without even acknowledging that theyre base. A wink or a nudge indicating some glimmer of maturity could turn the third ac ..
Nuke The Fridge
0.5
If ever there was a semi entertaining movie that sabotages itself with tastelessness and misogyny, this is it.
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