King Richard

King Richard

The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.

  • Released: 2021-11-18
  • Runtime: 138 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Stars: Will Smith, Demi Singleton, Saniyya Sidney, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Tony Goldwyn, Susie Abromeit, Dylan McDermott, Judith Chapman, Katrina Begin, Erin Cummings, Andy Bean, Kevin Dunn, Craig Tate, Calvin Clausell Jr., Mikayla LaShae Bartholomew, Daniele Lawson, Layla Crawford, Erika Ringor, Noah Bean, Josiah Cross, Vaughn W. Hebron, Jimmy Walker Jr., Brad Greenquist, Johnno Wilson, Robert Nuscher, Christopher Wallinger, Chase Del Rey, Connie Ventress, Vivienne Bersin, Andy Hoff, Carrie Gibson, Doug Simpson, Brandon Morales, Wil J. Jackson, Erica Shaffer, Matt Kirkwood, Chet Grissom, Alden Sherrill, Eman Esfandi, Jessica Wacnik, Jonathan Bray, Robert Walker Jeffery, Rich Sommer, Kaitlyn Christian, Geoff Nathanson, Marcela Zacarias, Jake Jensen, Chris Pentzell, Sophia Sanders, Mia Jovic, Iva Jovic, Michael Andrew Baker, Tom Holmes, Kamea Medora, Tom Degnan, Virginia Schneider, Jeff Cohn, Adam Cropper, Danya LaBelle, Rod Sweitzer, George Ketsios, Valerie Davidson, Christian Yeung, Teri Cohn, Hannah Barefoot, Mel Fair, Holly Haggerty, Mary Pascoe, Albert Ton, Ebboney Wilson, Hailey Winslow, Chris Wolfe, Gunner Wright, Tory N. Thompson, Sean Berube, Sean Fabian Billings, Sophia Bui, Kika Cicmanec, John Dinan, Diana Dray, Mathew Trent Hunnicutt, Jeni Jones, Trent Longo, Johnny Mansbach, Katie McCabe, Aryn Nelson, Tristan Nokes, Dan Sachoff, Gabi Stewart
  • Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green
 Comments
  • luismcdbrito - 26 December 2022
    THE king of statues
    An apparent biography of the Williams sisters becomes a lesson about the perfect parenting.

    A father that thinks that he have two talented daughters but the difference of parenthood made the difference beetween a good athlete and a Legend.

    And he build two of them.

    A history about love, familly and wisdom.

    A talented father with a talented family.

    An absolute monumental performance by Will Smith that ofuscate the entire message and history of the movie.

    Makes all actors look like ordinary and gives the title to the movie, otherwise the film would be called just Richard.

    If you want to know why actors are well payed this is the movie for you.
  • zac-04879 - 28 October 2022
    No Issues... Literally No Issues!
    When a true-story movie doesn't face any big disappointments and there's a lacking focus of how the characters feel during the process, it just happens to be a really boring and uninspiring determined-drama without the drama. This is exactly the kind of movie King Richard is, and when you consider the fact that the movie is mainly attentive to the parents even more than the famous stars, there's an incredible amount of missed opportunities.

    For example, the film is lazy when it comes to bonding between the parents, played by Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis, and the children, Venus and Serena Williams being played by Demi Singleton and Saniyya Sidney. It doesn't even have a sufficient try at trying to connect you to their story and situation, and it's more for the obsessed fans who will admire every shot and line without blinking for the entire 2 and a half hours. The fact that there's really no big problems that get in their way, unlike other biopic sports movies, is extremely dull and makes it very hard to find anything to be inspired by and find a reason to truly root for these characters who are based on REAL-LIFE PEOPLE. It's entertaining for a while, until you realise it's not moving you.

    The best performances come from the children, and Will Smith does not deserve his Oscar award for best acting (not saying that just because of the Chris Rock slap). The film really lacks emotional intensity everywhere in the characters and plot, and the best climatic moment of the film is the tennis match towards the end. This film only cares about watching the journey of the tennis stars as they grew up, and their arranged father.

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