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Oct 11, 2019 · Check out all the release dates for the Cinema & Netflix versions of the movie The King. Watch the latest trailers, view images, and track the movie's progress to stay updated on its release dates.
The film focuses on the rise of Henry V as king after his father dies as he also must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life. The King premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on 2 September 2019, and was released digitally via Netflix on 11 October 2019.
Aug 27, 2019 · The King is released in UK cinemas on October 11, 2019. It will then be released on Netflix UK on November 27, 2019. It will have its world premiere at Venice Film Festival 2019 on September 2, 2019.
The King’s interest is in Henry V (Timothee Chalamet), still a boy in many respects, whose ascendancy to the throne is sudden and uneasy. He is not his father’s (Ben Mendelsohn) favoured child ...
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Henry, Prince of Wales, "Hal," is the emotionally distant eldest son of King Henry IV of England. Hal is uninterested in succeeding his father and spends his days drinking, whoring, and jesting with his companion John Falstaff in Eastcheap. His father summons Hal and informs him that Hal's younger brother, Thomas, will inherit the throne. Thomas is...
Timothée Chalamet as King Henry "Hal" V of EnglandJoel Edgerton as Sir John FalstaffRobert Pattinson as Louis, The DauphinSean Harris as Chief Justice Sir William GascoigneIn 2013, it was revealed that Joel Edgerton and David Michôd had collaborated on writing an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henriad" plays, Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 and Henry V, for Warner Bros. Pictures. In September 2015, it was announced that Michôd would direct the project, with Warner Bros. producing and distributing the film, and Lava Bearproducing...
The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on 2 September 2019. It screened at the BFI London Film Festival on 3 October 2019, and received a limited release on 11 October 2019 before being released on Netflix, for digital streaming, on 1 November 2019.
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 71% based on 136 reviews, with an average rating of 6.56/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "While The King is sometimes less than the sum of its impressive parts, strong source material and gripping performances make this a period drama worth hailing." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Historical Accuracy
The movie was criticized for being widely inaccurate to both reality and the Shakespearean play. Being loosely based on several works of English playwright Shakespeare, the film contains many of the same ahistorical dramatizations and biases as its source material, including the introduction of wholly fictional characters and episodes as well as mischaracterizations of historical persons, not the least of which being Henry himself. Portrayed as a perpetually-inebriated, sullen, ne'er-do-well,...
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The King: Directed by David Michôd. With Tom Glynn-Carney, Gábor Czap, Tom Fisher, Edward Ashley. Young Henry V encounters deceit, war and treachery after becoming King of England in the 15th century, in the aftermath of his brother's death.
