Jesus Is King (2019) (2024)

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• Review by davidehrlich ★★★ 17

  A 31-minute IMAX film that Kanye West is releasing alongside his new gospel-inflected album of the same name, “Jesus Is King” is as contradictory as you might expect from something made to support a devotional record by the self-proclaimed “greatest human artist of all time.” Equal parts reverent and narcissistic, humble and grandiose, this Nick Knight-directed curio is both a tribute to the Lord and a testament to West’s unparalleled ability to get in his own damn way.

  At least the rapper seems to recognize that he’s the least interesting thing about it. For most of the movie’s brief running time — the majority of which is devoted to awe-inspiring footage of West’s Sunday Service choir singing gospel standards inside…

• Review by LetMeExplain ★★ 5

  Yeezus Swept.

• Review by SilentDawn ★★½ 12

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  An overwhelming sonic experience that does little to build on what it offers. This is mostly shot in James Turrell's Roden Crater, known as a "gateway to observe light, time, and space", but it hardly constructs a spatial configuration of the streamlined relationship between the space and the natural elements co-existing within it. Even as Kanye yearns to signify the physical role in his relationship with god, it stumbles as a robotic facsimile of the real thing - complete with staged interludes, obnoxious bible title-cards, and a jarring structure. Still, as a forever Kanye fan, this is humbling amidst his typical antics. It's a quiet, reflective work that will be appropriate for some, but it tries so hard to win over non-Christians that I had to sigh and wander out of the theater, almost as soon as I sat down (this is 35 minutes long), with more disconnect than I had brought in. The album is good, though.

• Review by Logan Kenny ★★★★ 2

  made for no one but himself.

• Review by Realkinoshit ★★★½ 2

  Closed on Sunday, you’re my Chick-fil-A
  You’re my number one, with the lemonade 🍋

• Review by emilyrugburn ½ 6

  Soooooo Janet Jackson and the Dixie Chicks’ careers get torched over one bad PR moment a piece but you guys are still gonna give this clown chance after chance I see

• Review by wilson 5

  2 problems:

  1) Jesus Is King is best to experience on the biggest screen possible. Its minutes long static wide shots don’t lend themselves to anything smaller than IMAX.
  2) Jesus Is King is in no way worth the $16+ IMAX ticket for its 35 minutes.

• Review by Riley ★½

  Feel like I just paid $20 to be brainwashed

• Review by Zach a.m. 2

  The "is that it?" atmosphere when this finished was palpable.

• Review by coffee ★★★ 5

  not gonna pretend like this wasnt kinda pretentious and a bit lamer than i expected but that being said the cinematography is very pretty and the music is great. more gospel, maybe experimental gospel? lmao, than i expected. the production is astounding. cant wait to hear more of it tomorrow. but yeah this might be a good watch when it inevitably gets put on youtube in like two weeks lmao. i enjoyed myself but it wasn’t incredible in any way, besides music

• Review by Fisherman John ★★★★ 2

  Rating of the album.
  As of now my rating for the tracks goes:

  1. God Is
  2. Follow God
  3. Use This Gospel
  4. Selah
  5. Everything We Need (would’ve been nr 1 with the original Yahndi leak)
  6. Water
  7. On God
  8. Hands On
  9. Closed On Sunday
  10. Every Hour
  11. Jesus Is Lord

  The top 7 tracks are all great and were quite hard to rank for me.

• Review by Ben Nash ★ 11

  "He's just a little Chick-fil-A he's still good, he's still good!"

  "He's gone."

  "I know."