The Kid Who Would Be King
A band of kids embark on an epic quest to thwart a medieval menace.
19 October 1983, Sweden
2 August 1994, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, UK
21 March 1991, London, England, UK
24 November 1982, London, England, UK
March 05, 2019
Similar in tone to 80s movies like The Goonies and ET: The Extra Terrestrial, this is entertaining fare... but never quite funny or exciting enough to become a family classic
February 20, 2019
Cornish provides heart, jollity and a timely reminder of how far honour goes in this throwback to legendary, adolescent-led blockbusters.
January 25, 2019
It's a charming notion, worked out zestfully by the writer-director, Joe Cornish, until the charm falls victim to familiar CGI Halloweenery.
February 18, 2019
It feels like an old school kids' adventure film, the characters are a bit bland, there is no great sense of peril and it is a little earnest, but it's fun and light and not a bad midterm outing.
January 24, 2019
[Cornish] wisely speaks the language of children without talking down to them.
January 25, 2019
It falls short of enchanting but it's never less than fun and likable. Watch it through the eyes of your inner teenager and you'll have a blast.
January 24, 2019
A fantasy-adventure inspired by Arthurian legends that, although perfectly entertaining for children in the age 8-12 bracket, may be a bore and a chore for adults.
January 25, 2019
Cornish is offering a kind of movie they just don't make anymore - expansive live-action adventure tales unabashedly aimed at young people, not the adults charged with taking them to the cinema.
February 21, 2019
[Joe] Cornish delivers his version of a sword-and-sorcery adventure with the intelligence and sensitivity that kids' films deserve, but do not always receive.
February 18, 2019
It might be too quaint a film for some tastes, and it's surely too long...but the characters are likeable, the scattered jokes are funny and the action scenes work.
February 14, 2019
This movie is sentimental in all the right places, and impossible to dislike.
February 18, 2019
It starts off looking like telly but gets better in likeable leaps and bounds.
