2019 Directed by Joe Cornish
Old-school magic meets the modern world when young Alex stumbles upon the mythical sword Excalibur. He soon unites his friends and enemies, and they become knights who join forces with the legendary wizard Merlin. Together, they must save mankind from the wicked enchantress Morgana and her army of supernatural warriors.
Çocuk Kral Olacak, Dete koje će postati kralj, Nacido para ser rey, Wenn du König wärst, Момчето, което можеше да бъде крал, Chlapec, který se stane králem, Drengen og Sværdet, Το Παιδί Που Θα Γινόταν Βασιλιάς, El niño que pudo ser rey, کودکی که پادشاه خواهد شد, L'enfant qui voulut être roi, Alex, le destin d'un roi, הילד שיהיה מלך, Dječak koji će postati kralj, Király ez a srác!, Il ragazzo che diventerà re, ბიჭი, რომელსაც მეფობა შეეძლო, 왕이 될 아이, Vaikis, kuris taps karaliumi, Puika, kas kļūtu par karali, Alex, De Jongen Die Koning Zou Worden, Dzieciak, który został królem, O Menino Que Queria Ser Rei, Copilul care ar putea fi rege, Рождённый стать королём, Chlapec, ktorý sa stane kráľom, Deček, ki postane kralj, Дечак који ће бити краљ, หนุ่มน้อยสู่จอมราชันย์, Kral Olacak Çocuk, Майбутній король, Cậu Bé Và Sứ Mệnh Thiên Tử, 王者少年, 權力劍神, 魔劍少年
Russian Federation12+
South Korea전체관람가
Australia
Taiwan保護級
USAPG
BrazilL
Denmark11
IrelandPG
UKPG
Ukraine
Spain7
SingaporePG
FranceU
Sweden11
Germany6
Italy
Austria
Hong Kong
USA
BrazilL
UKPG
FranceU
USA
UKPG
Spain7
Netherlands9
FranceU
Germany6
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Denmark
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Russian Federation
Singapore
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Spain
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What if told you the amazing director of Attack the Block directed a fun, funny, hopeful children’s adventure movie? Would that be something you’d be interested in? Because this is that! It’s so good! No one saw it! Myself included! But now I did! I really enjoyed it!
me watching the kid who would be king: that's the kid who would be king
hahaha
*I look around*
*I realize I'm completely alone*
*a single tear rolls down my face*
*I sit with myself for a moment, contemplating myself, contemplating my desire to perform for others even if it means losing sense of myself*
*I wipe away my tear*
*I shake it off*
*I realize I honestly liked this movie and the fact that it has british Shazam! (2019) energy*
*I realize I also really liked the Zachary Levi vehicle Shazam! (2019)*
*I write this review*
*I hate it but I publish it anyway*
*time goes on*
*the sun absorbs us*
"That's what evil does: it turns us against each other to distract from itself!"
It's so nice to see a completely uncynical, non-franchise, totally kid-driven fantasy movie again. The story is (expectedly) by-the-books and the direction fringes on some Paul-King-esque inspiredness but isn't quite bold enough to get there. That said, the character writing is actually pretty solid, the kid cast really grows on you, and some of the action is legitimately suspenseful. So many truth bombs, too! This movie knows exactly what it wants to say and totally goes for it...though it's in a way that's got enough levity and tongue-in-cheek humor that it doesn't feel too heavy-handed.
Other things I liked: music was super good, loved the blend…
All you need to know about this movie is that the older Merlin is Patrick Stewart wearing a Led Zeppelin shirt in every scene.
whoever wrote the line “where do you think you’re going, percy jockstrap?” please win all the oscars
he's the post brexit hero that the uk so desperately needs but does not necessarily deserve
Really wasn’t expecting this film to stick with me as much as it did, let alone watch it again so soon. Not only is The Kid Who Would Be King thoroughly enjoyable (pacing is sooooooooo much tighter on second viewing), exceptionally directed, very well acted (especially when you consider that this has an ensemble of mostly child actors), has great cinematography, production design and VFX, an incredible score (one of my favorite film scores of the year thus far) and even has solid character-writing, but The Kid Who Would Be King is so refreshingly classical, wholesome and uncynical in its approach with so much genuine heart and sincerity that most mainstream films aimed at youths are lacking these days. Now that…
A kids rule kind of movie that I was not into at all when it started out, but strangely grew on me as the story went along.
"There's something written on the guard. Put it into Google Translate ... It means "Sword of Arthur". What if it's the Sword in the Stone?"
So you can pretty much assume from the title that our main character Alex played by Louis Ashbourne Serkis pulls the Sword from the Stone and becomes the new King Arthur, and that part is indeed super cheesy. I mean the kid and his best pal are super sweet, but I was just not enjoying them as the leads. But then the fantasy elements came into play which…
A satisfying sophomore feature from writer/director Joe Cornish. While The Kid Who Would Be King does fall somewhat short of Attack the Block-level greatness due to some inconsistent pacing and feeling somewhat overlong, there’s plenty to love here. The performances are great (with the MVP being Angus Imrie, though Rebecca Ferguson is clearly having fun in her role), the characters are decently written, the fight sequences are fun and very well staged (especially when you consider that this is Cornish’s first time working on a larger budgeted and scaled project compared to the indie budgeted and somewhat more contained Attack the Block) and even the score is super unique (those synths!!!).
But most of all, The Kid Who Would Be King…
