Evil Gets Schooled.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Denise Gough, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor, Rhianna Dorris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Noma Dumezweni, Rebecca Ferguson |
| Director |
Joe Cornish |
| Screenplay | Joe Cornish |
| Music | Electric Wave Bureau |
| Cinematography | Bill Pope |
| Editing | Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2019 |
| Produced by | Big Talk Productions, Working Title Films |
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| Genre | Drama, comedy |
| Language | None |
| Nudity | It is frequent, low impact nudity in a non-sexual context, with non-exposure of private parts and justified by the context. |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | It is frequent and of moderate impact with unrealistic context. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Contains scenes of horror (? - Ed.) |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG for fantasy action violence, scary images, thematic elements including some bullying, and language |
| Runtime | 120 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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Topics to talk about |
| Suggested age limit 10 + |
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Positive role models |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| 24.com Ilan Preskovsky  As it is, it’s not too difficult to recommend the film to younger audiences, especially, but those of us looking for a King Arthur retelling with a bit more with and invention, it’s hard to not be disappointed. | 10 |  |
| Metacritic.com 34 critics | 13 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 153 critics | 14 |  |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Kid Who Would Be King recalls classic all-ages adventures -- and repurposes a timeless legend -- for a thoroughly enjoyable new addition to the family movie canon. | 18 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 13 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Sandie Angulo Chen 'Goonies' meets 'LOTR' in fun but sometimes scary adventure. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 17 users | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 770 users | 13 | |
| IMDB 2671 Netizens | 13 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 13 | |
Average .. 66% | 13 | |