Review of The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) by Charleynewman — 05 Feb 2019

The Kid Who Would Be King, is a film that is certainly not without flaws. And my grade of it is honestly probably based on a bit of a curve. But I couldn't help but enjoy it. Despite a noticeable lull around the end of the second act, the movie for the most part tapped into the childlike side of myself, I feel that I would have really liked this movie as a middle-schooler.

As it stands though, I still enjoyed it enough. It reminded me of how Arthurian myth can be fun; which is something a movie hasn't done in a long time for me. However, the villain, Morgana, is one of the least developed villains I've seen in a while.

Her character motivations matching, or BARELY surpassing in effectiveness, the motivations of the villain Steppenwolf from Justice League (2017). But I must admit, I got a kick out of seeing the mythology brought to the modern day, and experiencing it with the kids of the film.

The movie also suffers from being quite predictable. Anyone who's seen three movies in their life can guess the plot as it trods along. The CGI work isn't great, and also isn't very creative. There's exactly two designs, the generic CG army of flaming undead, and Morgan as a Percy Jackson monster looking harpy thing.

It's... not great. But the movie also has a good message for kids and is fairly effective at delivering it. All in all, not a bad movie, in fact a pretty good one if you can tap into that childlike part of yourself and/or have an affinity for Arthurian legend.