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Mood:
- HumorousTouchingOffbeat
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Plot:
- Coming of AgeParents and ChildrenMusic BandObsessive QuestTreasure HuntChild as AdultMental IllnessSuburban Life more...
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Genres:
- ComedyDrama
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary
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Place:
- CaliforniaHospitalMental InstitutionSuburbs
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Style:
- Voice Over
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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King of California , 2007
English, Spanish
USA
Profile of King of California
The mood of King of California is touching, humorous, and offbeat. The plot centers around coming of age, parents and children, and a child acting as an adult. It is a drama and comedy movie. Stylistically, King of California includes a voice over. In approach, it is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a mental institution, in a hospital, and in the suburbs. King of California is set in California. It happens in contemporary times.
Summary of King of California
Michael Douglas gives a bravura performance in writer-director Mike Cahill's feature-length debut, KING OF CALIFORNIA. Douglas stars as Charlie, a troubled musician who has just been released from a mental hospital. He returns home to live with his 16-year-old daughter, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood), who is not exactly thrilled to have him back. Miranda has been forced to quit school and get a job in order to support herself and hold on to her beat-up old car and the family house, which is right in the middle of a new development--but she has refused to sell out. Instead, she works extra shifts at McDonald's and has no social life. But her father--still suffering from mental illness--insists that she join him on a wild adventure in search of supposedly long-buried treasure, and soon the two of them are combing through California, facing danger as Charlie leads them on a crazy quest that takes them through major chain stores and restaurants. Wood (THIRTEEN) is excellent as Miranda, walking that fine line between wanting to believe in her father and feeling he should be hospitalized again--but she never stops loving him, even against her better judgment. Bushy-haired and wild-eyed, Douglas shines every second he's onscreen, dreaming the impossible dream. The outstanding soundtrack features songs by John Coltrane, Seals and Crofts, Bud Powell, Fats Waller, Yma Sumac, and Billy Bragg and Wilco.
Details
| Language: | English, Spanish |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 12 September 2007 |
| Runtime: | 96 min |
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Critics Reviews
Rolling Stone
In updating Shakespeare’s "The Tempest," writer-director Mike Cahill focuses on the magic worth finding between a father and daughter. That’s why the film sticks with you. It’s a gift.
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- by: Peter Travers
TV Guide
Wood is excellent, but this is a career highlight for Douglas. His depiction of the manic Charlie stays surprisingly grounded and prevents the story from being a naive celebration of mental illness as a kind of freedom that it so easily could have...
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- by: Ken Fox
Users Reviews
A "must see" only for the superb acting by Michael Douglas. I did not know he had it in him! Otherwise the plot is thin and the story weak.
- 21.May.2010
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- by: tom28734
- tom28734 rated this movie
0/10
HERE IS A TOAST TO A GEM OF FILM THAT IS UNLIKE MOST FILMS OF 2007. I ENJOYED THIS WEIRD TALE OF A FATHER AND DAUGHTER VERY MUCH BUT BE WARNED THAT THIS IS INDEED A BIZZARE FILM. King of California has a unique story line and Douglas and Wood are...
- 23.March.2009
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- by: prozac pop
- prozac pop rated this movie
8/10Great
