I envy those kids, and hope that they find this movie however they can. From brief appearances by Rebecca Ferguson and Patrick Stewart to a breakout role for Dean Chaumoo, the most notable is easily Louis Ashbourne Serkis in the leading role.
| For these little details, I was completely invested. February 19, 2020
It's got a great kid-energy to it, but also [has] real adventures, real danger, and real stakes. Very disappointing after Attack the Block.
The Kid Who Would Be King review – Arthurian legend weaves a spell in the suburbs A 12-year-old embarks on a thrilling quest after discovering Excalibur on a building site Bottomless charm … ‘Attack the Block’ director Joe Cornish returns with a better, smarter, more ’80s Spielbergian YA adventure That being said, when I first glanced at the promotional material for The Kid Who Would Be King, it felt like a fresh take that would playfully change the age-old premise. Older Merlin is played by Patrick Stewart but the standout is Angus Imrie as a young, neurotic and out of place wizard who just really makes this picture take off. View All Videos (2) Copyright © Fandango. We want to hear from you! So you get thrilling set pieces and a Merlin who presents himself as either a rubber-limbed, faux-voguing teen stringbean or a homeless-looking And you get a lot of apocalyptic handwringing about the end times we live in and a multicultural band of heroes that eventually save the day — and by extension, Britain. From his comic timing to his devotion to dramatic moments, I found myself sucked in by his performance. He ultimately does not want to defend himself against Lance and Kaye, even if they are snotty bullies who initially can't stand Alex or his immature heart-on-his-sleeve declarations. A perfectly pleasant, if a touch innocuous, rejigging of the Arthurian legend for a modern audience. © Copyright 2020 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. It also contains visual references to 1981â(TM)s Excalibur, which will satisfy aging nerds such as myself. That makes Alex a perfect Arthurian surrogate—somebody who leads with a firm hand, even when circumstances are a bit wobbly—and therefore somebody who deserves to wield Excalibur, train with a flighty teenage version of Merlyn (If that last sentence wore you down: boy, are you gonna be tested by "The Kid Who Would Be King."
The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive reviewThe percentage of users who rated this 3.5 stars or higher. Writer-director Joe Cornish simply decided to cut out the pesky middleman of a bestselling source material, however, and go straight to the movies themselves. February 13, 2019 Man, I was ready to absolutely rail on this movie before I realised that what I had thought was the end was just the end of the second act. A band of kids embark on an epic quest to thwart a medieval menace. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. You’re not popular — in fact, it’s safe to say that most of your fellow students would characterize you as a dork, a geek, possibly a dweeb … and that’s if they’re being polite. With all of that being true, both kids and adults will appreciate and admire the movie; it's an unapologetic blast. The protagonist is played with earnest aplomb by Louis Ashbourne Serkis (the son of MoCap god Andy Serkis). The movie has the freshness, innocence, and energy of youngsters on the threshold of adulthood, embarked on a grand heroic adventure.
| February 15, 2019
Set in modern-day Brexit era Britain (and fully acknowledging the nightmare that is the modern western world) a working-class kid finds Excalibur and discovers that he just might be the Once and Future King.
Following Alex as heâ(TM)s bullied to the point of falling into a construction yard, he stumbles across a sword thatâ(TM)s sticking out of a stone. A bit of fun as a beleaguered and picked on kid finds the sword of Arthur and must gather his friends, and enemies, to fight the evil witch from the bowels of the earth.