The King’s Daughter | 2022

Name: The King’s Daughter
Director: Sean McNamara
Released: January 25, 2022
Rating: 1.5

Updated January 25, 2022

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King Louis XIV of France (Pierce Brosnan) becomes obsessed with his own mortality and the future of France, and he commissions a search for a mermaid that possesses magical powers that will grant him immortality. However, when he brings his previously unrecognized daughter (Kaya Scodelario) to Versailles, she discovers his plan, and tries to derail it. Cast: William Hurt, Benjamin Walker, Bingbing Fan, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Paul Ireland, Pablo Schreiber, Crystal Clarke and the voice of Julie Andrews. Director: Sean McNamara. [1:30 – PG]

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“Against all rational odds, I rather enjoyed it. Perhaps it’s a case of sympathy for the underdog. The film has an absurdly tortuous history…Surprisingly, the dialogue flares into exchanges that are actually witty.”

– Liam Lacey

“‘The King’s Daughter’ isn’t just bad, it’s a cloying, cliched mess that’s not worth even the slightest risk of contacting COVID-19 to see in theaters. Another clue? It was shot in 2014 and only released now…Why it ever was exhumed from its watery grave is a mystery. It will suck out your own life force.”

– Mark Kennedy

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Updated January 25, 2022

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“Against all rational odds, I rather enjoyed it. Perhaps it’s a case of sympathy for the underdog. The film has an absurdly tortuous history…Surprisingly, the dialogue flares into exchanges that are actually witty.”

– Liam Lacey

“’The King’s Daughter’ isn’t just bad, it’s a cloying, cliched mess that’s not worth even the slightest risk of contacting COVID-19 to see in theaters. Another clue? It was shot in 2014 and only released now…Why it ever was exhumed from its watery grave is a mystery. It will suck out your own life force.”

– Mark Kennedy

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King Louis XIV of France (Pierce Brosnan) becomes obsessed with his own mortality and the future of France, and he commissions a search for a mermaid that possesses magical powers that will grant him immortality. However, when he brings his previously unrecognized daughter (Kaya Scodelario) to Versailles, she discovers his plan, and tries to derail it. Cast: William Hurt, Benjamin Walker, Bingbing Fan, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Paul Ireland, Pablo Schreiber, Crystal Clarke and the voice of Julie Andrews. Director: Sean McNamara. [1:30 – PG]

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