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One Night With the King (2006) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give One Night With the King (2006) a score of 2.3425 out of 4

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Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)

Despite a title that makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther (Dupont), who saves her people from extermination through her marriage to the powerful King ...read the complete One Night With the King movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)

Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)

In the Eighth decade of the first century CE, a group of refugee rabbis met at a small town on the Mediterranean called Jabna. The great temple of Jerusalem had just been burnt to the ground and they were on a mission from God: They were to restructure ...read the complete One Night With the King movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

One interesting plot wrinkle with biblical love stories is the possibility that your old boyfriend might get turned into a eunuch. ...read the complete One Night With the King movie review at The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Boxoffice Magazine

The 1950s and 1960s were the golden age of Biblical adaptations, with such films as The Ten Commandments, The Story of Ruth, Sodom and Gomorrah, Ben-Hur, The Robe and Esther and the King rallying the moral rectitude of war-weary audiences in search of ...read the complete One Night With the King movie review at Boxoffice Magazine

Entertainment Insiders (Eric Lurio)

n the Eighth decade of the first century CE, a group of refugee rabbis met at a small town on the Mediterranean called Jabna. The great temple of Jerusalem had just been burnt to the ground and they were on a mission from God: They were to restructure ...read the complete One Night With the King movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Eric Lurio)

The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)

"One Night With the King" has all the trappings of a biblical epic with resplendent Mogul palaces of Rajasthan, India, standing in for fifth century B.C. Persia and sumptuous costumes and design elements re-creating the Persian empire in breathtaking ...read the complete One Night With the King movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)

Haro Online

It's been nearly five years since Gener8ion Entertainment, the quality company behind such modern classics as The Omega Code, Carman: The Champion, and Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, produced a film. This is a Christian company that specializes in ...read the complete One Night With the King movie review at Haro Online

Plugged In

When a young Jewish orphan girl named Hadassah became the Queen of Persia sometime around 481 B.C., she had no idea that, as Queen Esther, she would be used by God to prevent the extinction of her entire race. It's a story found in the Old Testament Book ...read the complete One Night With the King movie review at Plugged In

Cinema Blend

There are few movies more satisfying than those epic tales woven into enthralling pieces of visual storytelling. Classics like Ben Hur, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and The Ten Commandments all come to mind when considering that category of film. The Biblical ...read the complete One Night With the King movie review at Cinema Blend

Los Angeles Times (Sam Adams)

There's not much joy in One Night With the King, a lavish but listless retelling of the biblical story of Esther. ...read the complete One Night With the King movie review at Los Angeles Times (Sam Adams)

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