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Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 23, 2023. King Knight teaches of importance of kinship, the deep sense of spirituality, connecting with nature, and most importantly, the hilarious...
Feb 17, 2022 · King Knight. Tomris Laffly February 17, 2022. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Aimless, immature, and frustratingly amateurish, Richard Bates’ “King Knight” feels like it was made exclusively for those involved in it, with no regard for an audience’s patience or time.
Feb 16, 2022 · Review: Richard Bates Jr.’s ‘King Knight’. By Joey Keogh on February 16, 2022. Richard Bates Jr. is nothing if not original. From the queasy at-home surgery of Excision to the anachronistic kitchen sink violence of Tone-Deaf, the writer-director’s movies may diverge wildly in quality, but they’re all undeniably his own unique ...
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“Matthew Gray Gubler is Thorn, the caring, sharing High Priest of a modern-day coven of misfit witches in a small Californian community. When his wife Willow unearths a secret from Thorn’s past, their lives are thrown into turmoil. The only solution: attend a high school reunion and perform the forbidden sword dance. But what will this journey of s...
Channelling his inner John Waters, Richard Bates Jr. fully embraces the comedy genre for the first time – shedding horror elements of his previous work. Consequently, the gags come at a fast pace and don’t deviate into the realm of shock. Easily the most quotable film in his catalogue, the abundance of one-liners certainly holds that sway of a John...
The film hits a slump in the second act, with Thorn’s ayahuasca trip marking a shift in tone. Gone are the one-liners and stellar accompanying cast, and instead we have Thorn tripping out and self reflecting on insecurities. Arguably, this scene still ‘works’, but it marks a kind of abrupt change in comedic pacing that takes some work to recapture ...
King Knightis easily Richard Bates Jr. best comedic work to date. Ditching the horror elements that put his work into the realm of horror comedy is a welcome transition. Sure, the film loses some of its mojo near the half way mark and has to fight to get it back, but regardless, the project offers an uproarious experience audiences will want to rev...
Aug 9, 2021 · August 9, 2021. King Knight is an outrageous comedy making its world premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival. The movie is about the high priest of a coven of witches named Thorn Adams (Matthew Gray Gubler). When his wife Willow (Angela Sarafyan) discovers his dark secret he must confront his past.
Feb 17, 2022 · King Knight is a goofy eighty-one minutes of fun, well worth the investment if you’re looking for a humble indie film to make you smile–or to just gush over Matthew Gray Gubler. Distributed by XYZ Films. 81 minutes.
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