The Kid Who Would Be King

2019 • 120 minutes

About this movie

Old-school magic meets the modern day in this epic adventure! Alex is just a bullied kid until he discovers Excalibur, the legendary Sword in the Stone. Now, his friends (and his enemies) must become knights, and join the wizard Merlin (Patrick Stewart) to fight the wicked Morgana (Rebecca Ferguson). With the future at stake, Alex must show courage he never dreamed he had!

Ratings and reviews

I LOVE a bit of Adam and Joe style comic-fantasy nonsense - I grew up on their bedroom-set 90's TV series! This modern-skit on the old King Arthur legends is worth watching because of its harmless but intelligent and witty retake of an age old tale. For more, read my full review: bit.ly/KidWhoKing

Felt like a Friday film special from the 80s. Story went from one random event to the next and special effects were pretty bad if you are used to the standard in, say, Harry Potter. Trailer looked amazing.. that was the best bit! Sorry x

A modern retelling of the Sword in the Stone, fantasy, but not fantastic. The film feels overly long and dry, a tad dull for grownups and too long and wordy for kids. A good cast with decent special effects helps push this up from being medicore to medieval