Synopsis
Venus, Serena and a plan for greatness.
Richard Williams serves as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.
King Richard
2021 Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
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Will Smith Demi Singleton Saniyya Sidney Aunjanue Ellis Jon Bernthal Tony Goldwyn Susie Abromeit Dylan McDermott Judith Chapman Katrina Begin Erin Cummings Andy Bean Kevin Dunn Craig Tate Calvin Clausell Jr. Mikayla LaShae Bartholomew Daniele Lawson Layla Crawford Erika Ringor Noah Bean Josiah Cross Vaughn W. Hebron Jimmy Walker Jr. Brad Greenquist Johnno Wilson Robert Nuscher Christopher Wallinger Chase Del Rey Connie Ventress Show All…
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Will Smith Lynn Harris Jada Pinkett Smith Adam Merims James Lassiter Tim White Jon Mone Venus Williams Serena Williams Allan Mandelbaum Trevor White Isha Price Peter Dodd
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Scott Puckett Loren Robinson Cliff Welsh Alexandre Cancado Meagan Chancellor Jeremy Burns Brandon Nelson Andrew Kalicki B.L. Jurgens
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Alternative Titles
킹 리처드, Rey Richard: Una familia ganadora, 王者理查, 国王理查德, 王者世家, El método Williams, 王者理查德
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wow, i cried though soooo much of this. i have not (consciously) lived in a world without venus and serena as legends, so it’s always been kind of lost to me just how much of a breakthrough they were in the tennis world. until watching this i also didn’t really realize i had never seen a sports movie about black girls. the realization came to me over and over as i watched this and i started crying every time, which is more a credit to the history than the film itself, save for a few moments that made the history feel so potent; venus walking onto the green at her final match, learning she went 63-0, seeing her walk past…
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A film where Jon Bernthal plays a genuinely nice guy? I never thought I'd see the day
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If you're looking for a Venus and Serena Williams biopic you're in the wrong place, as Will Smith goes from 'Fresh Prince' to 'King' in a film that worships his character, the titular Richard, above all else. His daughters' successes are framed as an essential inevitability in a story that focuses on the patriarchal hero behind getting them there, their eventual accomplishments a foregone conclusion in a film framed around believing in yourself. An inspirational, crowd-pleasing and well-acted movie, but also one that is heavy-handed, shallow and panders to the audience. It's a slighter effort than what could have been, but the emotional depth comes from the moving performances, not the screenplay. Lots of people are gonna love this.
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Thank you Hollywood for reminding me that behind every successful child there’s an abusive parent.
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Will Smith is one of the biggest movie stars of the last 30 years, which is one of the reasons he’s never been particularly good at playing normal people. As a secret government agent saving the world from a giant alien cockroach, he was so believable that even Tommy Lee Jones took him seriously. As Muhammad Ali, he made embodying the Greatest seem like a lateral move. As a homeless medical device salesman in 1981 San Francisco, or, uh, whoever the hell he was supposed to be in “Seven Pounds,” it felt like Smith couldn’t stop himself from veering into a kind of doleful civilian drag, as if the only alternative he could imagine to being on top of the…
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Heartbroken to announce that Will Smith and Beyoncé just won their Oscars sorry everyone
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THEY DID THAT!!! love me a good inspirational biopic every now and again i can't deny
