This journey is his destiny. That may sound unlikely, but Laura Mora’s formidable imagination makes it moving, beautiful and true.

| Oct 21, 2023

Although the story can be classified as realistic, the film has plenty of metaphorical images that transport both the characters and the viewer to a magical and hypnotic field [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: B | Aug 10, 2023

The Kings of the World remains a stellar dark drama and companion piece to Laura Mora Ortega’s Killing Jesus.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 19, 2023

The lyrical overtures of Laura Mora's excellent film do not aim to romanticize that journey back to the geneses... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 17, 2023

Mora Ortega rawly and beautifully captures the young men's fading path through life. [Full review in Spanish]

| Mar 17, 2023

The use of a bike that is simultaneously broken and enhanced is a perfect encapsulation of the idea of things being caught between two states in the film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 17, 2023

The Kings of the World is not so much a movie... as it is an exhalation.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 16, 2023

A hypnotic, lysergic road movie of hopelessness. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 14, 2023

[Laura Mora] Ortega, whose film is packed with captivating imagery, drags us into a nearly terrifying euphoria. [Full review in Spanish]

| Feb 9, 2023

A poignant journey where dreams and reality, kindness and cruelty, and the vestiges of a painful and violent past coexist on the same path. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 21, 2023

As the film moves away from the bustling streets of Medellin and into the foggy Andean landscapes, Mora captures a vision of this country in transition that is as stunning as it is eye-opening.

| Jan 19, 2023

Colombia's satisfying Oscar entry into the international foreign film category.

| Original Score: B | Jan 12, 2023

Filmed in a natural realist style, with the camera following the gang of boys closely, the film also has elements of symbolism.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 11, 2023

The Kings of the World is a tragic take on the teenage coming-of-age drama. It will feel familiar in its structure, but emotionally, it resonates for absolutely different reasons.

| Jan 6, 2023

An honest film, in which the most brutal reality mixes with a more lyrical surrealism to talk about hope, friendship, and love. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 5, 2023

Mora opts for a metaphorical script and wraps her characters in a halo of reverie. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 4, 2023

A spellbinding film which floats in a created world of harshness that no human should have to endure but is captivating despite the cruelty.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 13, 2022

[It's] in many respects a ghost story about five lost souls fending for themselves on the streets of Medellín who leave in search of the life that was taken from them when the government seized miles and miles of land from their people to mine gold.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 9, 2022

An outstanding work, full of moments of brotherhood and friendship that, despite their simplicity, have a strong lyrical power. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Nov 1, 2022

Utilizes the most obvious exploitative elements that at times (and at length) inundate us with the always annoying misery porn, and we can always count on gratuitous suffering to fuel the train of this story. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 26, 2022