The Lost King

Reveals a distinctly British obsession with royalty and propriety that doesn’t always translate with the same reverence abroad. But the more important story is the one about discrimination and misinformation&#59; that fact can be twisted into fiction

A true story, potentially inspirational but mostly just peculiar.

The viewer will recognize a classic David vs. Goliath tale at the heart of The Lost King, which is what makes it such a good story.

It's sweet and nice, but it didn't need the extra stuff.

Stephen Frears gives us something really comforting, sweet, solid and sincere.

As it ticks along from one small but crucial development to another, this climax is far more exciting than any part of any superhero movie I’ve seen in recent months.

An unashamedly sentimental and celebratory film but not a syrupy one.

Supported by a script by Coogan and Pope, Frears makes a simple but ingenious film, well put together, with several emotional and memorable moments. [Full review in Spanish]

Memory and history, here, get put to the trial, as questions of who we were then are raised as possible statements of who we are now — and how mercurial it all can be, how easily manipulated, propagandized, weaponized.

It’s a perfectly nice watch for a Sunday afternoon with Mom