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By Matthew Monagle (156) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 23 Jan 2019

A bit of action, a bit of humor, and a whole bunch of teachable moments…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 23 Jan 2019

The young actors are adequate, but they’re not intrinsically interesting, so their interior movements hold no fascination…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for The Weekend Warrior (71) on 22 Jan 2019

The Kid Who Would Be King is perfectly fine, but there's something about it that left me wanting, because it seems like it should have been…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 22 Jan 2019

Cornish crafts a King Arthur movie that draws in a younger crowd, reinterprets the tale for a modern age and speaks consciously to the current…

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By Dana Schwartz (34) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 22 Jan 2019

The script is good-natured and action-packed and attempts to delve into thematic territory beyond what might be normally expected from a kid's movie…

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By Sean Collier (54) for Pittsburgh Magazine (54) on 22 Jan 2019

I'm very glad that The Kid Who Would Be King, a perfectly pleasant (if flawed) fantasy flick, made it to the screen…

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By Scott Craven (22) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 22 Jan 2019

The modern interpretation of King Arthur will entertain young viewers, eager to follow a story that doesn’t require Merlin’s magic to see…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 22 Jan 2019

An old-fashioned and enjoyable movie made for kids, it relies heavily on Cornish's clear enthusiasm for the material and the charm of his young cast…

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By Simon Abrams (730) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 22 Jan 2019

Cornish's gift for working with child actors is still apparent, as is his knack for dynamic action set pieces…

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By Vikram Murthi (112) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 21 Jan 2019

The Kid Who Would Be King’s arrhythmic pacing proves to be a liability, particularly in the homestretch when Cornish establishes three separate…

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By Scott Mendelson (400) for Forbes (586) on 21 Jan 2019

It is a solid kids movie from a time when we actually had movies just for kids alongside movies just for adults…

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By Grace Randolph (5) for Beyond the Trailer (5) on 21 Jan 2019

Only worth it at the matinee price, but full of excellent messages for kids AND adults. Plus the undead soldiers on horseback are pretty darn cool…

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By Josh Spiegel (148) for Slashfilm (971) on 21 Jan 2019

An old-fashioned streak of adventure runs throughout The Kid Who Would Be King, a riff on the King Arthur legend gussied up for modern times…

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By Derek Smith (382) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 19 Jan 2019

Joe Cornish’s film is vigilant in its positivity and hope for the future at nearly every turn…

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By Chandler Levack (49) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 18 Jan 2019

Viewers will be entranced by Louis Ashbourne Serkis, son of Andy Serkis…

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By Graeme Tuckett (166) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 18 Jan 2019

As it is, The Kid Who Would Be King is a good-natured alternative to the noise and bombast of a Marvel or DC style superhero adventure…

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By Harris Dang (129) for The AU Review (87) on 17 Jan 2019

The Kid Who Would Be King is a great fantasy adventure film for the whole family with a fun rollicking sense of adventure that is both refreshingly…

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By Kt Schaefer (70) for Next Best Picture (19) on 17 Jan 2019

[Director] Joe Cornish managed to tick almost all the boxes when he made The Kid Who Would Be King…

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By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 16 Jan 2019

All the same, the film does bear a political subtext, if a slightly disconcerting one…

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By Kit Bowen (393) for We Live Entertainment (357) on 16 Jan 2019

There are ways to retell the Arthurian legend in a refreshing way - and The Kid Who Would Be King is it…

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