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While The King is sometimes less than the sum of its impressive parts, strong source material and gripping performances make this a period drama worth hailing.
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Almost everything about The King works brilliantly, from the casting (not least Robert Pattinson as a deliciously detestable Dauphin) to the generally cracking script by Michôd and Edgerton. November 13, 2019 | Full Review…
Almost everything about The King works brilliantly, from the casting (not least Robert Pattinson as a deliciously detestable Dauphin) to the generally cracking script by Michôd and Edgerton.
Brad Newsome
What should be soaring is instead lugubrious; what should be a ripping good yarn is instead dutiful and a little bit dull. October 23, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
What should be soaring is instead lugubrious; what should be a ripping good yarn is instead dutiful and a little bit dull.
Ann Hornaday
Having survived the trial-by-fire of emerging as a sensitive, talented actor...Pattinson is free from the tyranny of having to make "good" decisions, giving him the opportunity to make interesting ones instead. October 16, 2019 | Full Review…
Having survived the trial-by-fire of emerging as a sensitive, talented actor...Pattinson is free from the tyranny of having to make "good" decisions, giving him the opportunity to make interesting ones instead.
Philippa Snow
To quote another of the Bard's royal characters, it ends up feeling like a tale full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. October 16, 2019 | Full Review…
To quote another of the Bard's royal characters, it ends up feeling like a tale full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
David Sims
I don't expect David Michod's new film to dominate your Netflix home queue for very long, given that the movie - a messy and frequently bloody blend of Shakespeare's Henriad plays, but devoid of their language, scope and, well, drama - is forgettable. October 15, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
I don't expect David Michod's new film to dominate your Netflix home queue for very long, given that the movie - a messy and frequently bloody blend of Shakespeare's Henriad plays, but devoid of their language, scope and, well, drama - is forgettable.
Barry Hertz
With weighty things to say about contemporary and corrupt institutions of power and even dangers of male hegemony, Michôd's non-preachy The King comes with philosophical heft and visual authority to match. October 11, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
With weighty things to say about contemporary and corrupt institutions of power and even dangers of male hegemony, Michôd's non-preachy The King comes with philosophical heft and visual authority to match.
Tomris Laffly
While David Michôd's The King could be easily dismissed as a substandard Shakespearean adaption; there's no way one can dismiss the rich coming of age story at its center. March 9, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
While David Michôd's The King could be easily dismissed as a substandard Shakespearean adaption; there's no way one can dismiss the rich coming of age story at its center.
Shikhar Verma
None of The King's flaws are serious enough to sink it, and often it hits the sweet spot between glossing over the mud and blood of times past and over-the-top revelling in it March 3, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
None of The King's flaws are serious enough to sink it, and often it hits the sweet spot between glossing over the mud and blood of times past and over-the-top revelling in it
Anthony Morris
I expected a not half-bad historical account. But it was surprisingly much more, with unexpected great performances to include Timothée Chalamet as Henry V and Robert Pattinson as the snotty French prince. February 7, 2020 | Rating: 8.1/10 | Full Review…
I expected a not half-bad historical account. But it was surprisingly much more, with unexpected great performances to include Timothée Chalamet as Henry V and Robert Pattinson as the snotty French prince.
Vincent Schilling
...between Chalamet's solemn commitment and Pattinson's overt silliness there's an impeccably well made film, that feels authentically grounded when it comes to the costumes and interior decor of the Middle Ages... January 8, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…
...between Chalamet's solemn commitment and Pattinson's overt silliness there's an impeccably well made film, that feels authentically grounded when it comes to the costumes and interior decor of the Middle Ages...
Luke Whiston
The kind of questionable interpretation of Shakespeare that would probably have the Bard scratching his head. December 11, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
The kind of questionable interpretation of Shakespeare that would probably have the Bard scratching his head.
Dennis Schwartz
Edgerton plays Falstaff's drunken buffoonery as an old warrior's self-medication, not a fool's personality. But most of all I liked the fight scenes, which unromantically depict the grim, ugly slog of medieval combat. December 11, 2019 | Full Review…
Edgerton plays Falstaff's drunken buffoonery as an old warrior's self-medication, not a fool's personality. But most of all I liked the fight scenes, which unromantically depict the grim, ugly slog of medieval combat.
Mel Campbell
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