Review of The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) by Joe Morgenstern for Wall Street Journal — 25 Jan 2019
Details like these are delightful. So is the notion of Stonehenge as a transport hub to another temporal plane, and the spectacle of Alex and his dauntless cohorts in tin armor they’ve bought in a souvenir shop.
What’s destructive, and eventually benumbing, is the kitchen-sink clutter of fantasy, reality, wish-fulfillment and glib enchantment. To say that the film lacks simplicity would be an oversimplification.
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This review of The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) was written by Joe Morgenstern and published by Wall Street Journal on 25 Jan 2019.
The Kid Who Would Be King has generally received positive reviews.
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