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️Fri May 19 2006

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Critics Consensus

This disturbing film about the past coming back demanding its due evokes classical tragedy, but is ultimately too heavy-handed.

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Brian Clark Austin Chronicle The many possible ways to read the film might be more fruitful if Marsh's direction was more assured. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 15, 2006 Full Review Michael Booth Denver Post A showcase for big ideas that winds up feeling empty. Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 7, 2006 Full Review Dave Calhoun Time Out The King suffers from an overbearing sense of its own self-importance. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review David Lamble Bay Area Reporter This is a religion-professing country that usually turns a cold shoulder to films with spiritual aspirations. The King has the very thankless task of doing God's work at the movies. May 12, 2020 Full Review Brian Marder Hollywood.com Rated: 5/5 Nov 20, 2008 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film The degree to which this film is unsettling is testimony to the strength of the acting and direction. Rated: 4/5 Jun 13, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

StephenPaul C The greatest 1.75 hours ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I fell in love with the humor, LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/26/23 Full Review Audience Member The King contains solid performances by Gael Carcia Bernal and William Hurt and begins with a lot of promise but is bogged down by its wildly uneven script. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty tedious, in fact. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member An Indy film extremely well directed, written & acted. This film is a total indy type of flick, but it works really well thx to good cast & some very interesting ideas. Deserves a watch. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member This is not an enjoyable movie, but that's not because it isn't well made. It's just a very uncomfortable, very dark, very depressing tale with no likeable characters and a completely unsatisfying ending. But I'm pretty sure that was the intent, so I can't entirely hate it for those reasons. The acting is good, it's just kind of like pulling teeth to watch it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting and somewhat unconventional story, but too unfocused to be shocking. Good acting makes it watchable, but you could only do so much with vaguely written characters. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Following his discharge from the Navy, a young man named Elvis travels to Texas and tells a preacher that he is the man's illegitimate son. His handsome face hides the soul of a devil, though, and as soon as he worms his way into the clergyman's life, he commits unforgivable crimes against the family.

Director

James Marsh

Producer

Milo Addica, James Wilson

Screenwriter

Milo Addica, James Marsh

Distributor

ThinkFilm

Production Co

ContentFilm, Edward R. Pressman Film Corp., FilmFour

Rating

R (Some Violence|Language|Strong Sexuality Inv. a Teen)

Genre

Drama, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

May 19, 2006, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)

Sep 24, 2019

Box Office (Gross USA)

$281.3K

Runtime

1h 45m