The Kid Who Would Be King

2019 120 min ★ 6.2 Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Family

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.

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Cast

Louis Ashbourne Serkis

Alexander "Alex" Elliot

Dean Chaumoo

Bedders

Tom Taylor

Lance

Rhianna Dorris

Kaye

Denise Gough

Mrs. Elliot

Angus Imrie

Merlin

Patrick Stewart

Old Merlin

Rebecca Ferguson

Morgana

Genevieve O'Reilly

Sophie

Noma Dumezweni

Mrs. Lee

Details

Director

Joe Cornish

Tagline

"An army to fight. A demon to slay. A world to save. No pressure."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$59,000,000

Revenue

$32,140,970

Production

Working Title Films, Big Talk Studios, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox

Reviews

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Gimly

June 10, 2019

★ 4/10

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. Now don't get me wrong, I still very much did not enjoy _The Kid Who Would Be King_, but the actual ending did turn me around on it somewhat. Hard to know for certain if this will play well for actual kids. Maybe they'll even take the positive messages on ...

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tmdb51616167

September 1, 2024

★ 4/10

This is one of those films that is able to be skipped and not have ever seen. Now I'm saying that it's terrible movie, because I don't think the storyline itself is terrible whatsoever. I think the problem with this movie that made the audience and myself be so down and against it, was clearly the casting choices. The casting Director was definitely the fault in the failure of this film. The...