Great production, but a stale, long, boring execution

Rating: 6/10 (27 November 2019)

The King possesses a few intriguing elements, but it just isn't as interesting or powerful as you'd expect. The result is a monotonous film that should've been exciting instead of dull. Setting and location production value was great, but the 140 min runtime was ridiculously and unnecessarily long, and felt even longer with the slow pacing. If this film was played at 1.5x speed, its shorter length and faster pacing would've made this film more entertaining. Many scenes were too long/dragged out. Director/writer David Michôd needed to make some serious edits and cuts to bring this film to a more "suspenseful" level (and length) of entertainment. Casting was excellent all around, especially Robert Pattinson who showed the most energy in his character, but I feel Timothée Chalamet was a poor choice for this role. It seemed like it was his first acting role with his stale, emotionless facial expressions and demeanor. A generous 6/10 from me.