The Man Who Would Be King

Very good, indeed, it is mysterious, sometimes chilling, and always attention-holding.

The director's love of the material is palpable; it makes one smile.

The result, as one might expect, is lively, totally assured, and certainly one of Huston's more bracing movies, though inevitably the story emerges much expanded, with different emphases.

John Huston has been wanting to make this movie for more than 20 years. It was worth the wait.

A too-broad comedy, mostly due to the poor performance of Michael Caine.

Connery and Caine (both excellent) become classic Huston overreachers, and echoes of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Moby Dick permeate the mythic yarn.

There is no point to The Man Who Would Be King-- it's just for fun, like the movie epics they used to make.

Huston finally has realized his ambition with the pretty much perfect teaming of Sean Connery and Michael Caine. Christopher Plummer is excellent as Kipling himself and it's a bloody good show.

Director John Huston had wanted to adapt Rudyard Kipling's story for decades, but the adage "better late than never" certainly applies here, given the splendid results.

Director John Huston teamed [Sean] Connery with Michael Caine to bring Rudyard Kipling's 'The Man Who Would Be King' to magnificent life.