The Kid Who Would Be King's reviews
Media reviews
Empire
More proof that Cornish is a wizard at re-energising tired tropes.The characters are a delight, the action sequences thrum with invention, and when it?s funny, it?s very funny indeed.
Indiewire
Joe Cornish?s long-awaited and largely delightful follow-up to ?Attack the Block? is a unicorn of a children?s fantasy movie: It?s imaginative, it?s heartfelt, and it never feels like it?s trying to sell you anything more than a measure of hope for the future
The Hollywood Reporter
The action is lively and quick-paced, and then suddenly over ? at which point the film gets to hammer down some of its more wholesome messages.
New York Times
Variety
With its retro-video-game score and ?Goonies?-style gang of misfit characters, the movie plays like a throwback to Spielberg-produced adventure films of the ?80s. And yet, the premise feels wobbly at best.