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Movie ID: 804
RT slug: the_lost_king
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lost_king
Release year: 2023
Runtime: 109 mins
Wide release date: —
Limited release date: 2023-03-24
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2023-05-09
Tomatometer final: 77%
Audience score final: —
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Directors: Stephen Frears
Writers: Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan
Producers: Christine Langan, Dan Winch, Steve Coogan, Wendy Griffin
MPAA rating: PG-13
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-06-17 18:59:52
Updated: 2026-06-17 18:59:52
In this inspiring true story, amateur historian Philippa Langley believes she has made the archeological find of the century: the lost burial site of King Richard III. She takes on Britain's most eminent historians, forcing them to rethink the legacy of one of the most controversial rulers in English history.
The movie's curiously bland compared to the remarkable real-life story it dramatizes, but Sally Hawkins' performance saves The Lost King from feeling like a royal disappointment.
Canonical reviews: 126
Canonical fresh: 97
Canonical rotten: 29
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 77%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-06-17 13:38:38
Snapshot Tomatometer: 77%
Snapshot review count: 126
Snapshot fresh count: 97
Snapshot rotten count: 29
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #1433 (full_snapshot)
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| Billing | Name | Character |
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| 1 | Sally Hawkins | Philippa Langley |
| 2 | Steve Coogan | John Langley |
| 3 | Harry Lloyd | Richard III |
| 4 | Mark Addy | Richard Buckley |
| 5 | James Fleet | John Ashdown-Hill |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179016 | Francesca Steele | iNews.co.uk | Fresh | 4/5 | 2024-12-11T00:10:08Z | 2024-12-11 00:10:08 | An unashamedly sentimental and celebratory film but not a syrupy one. |
| 179017 | Jericho Tadeo | MovieWeb | Fresh | — | 2024-07-12T01:35:39Z | 2024-07-12 01:35:39 | 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. |
| 179018 | Avaryl Halley | Movie Bitches | Fresh | — | 2024-04-24T21:00:30Z | 2024-04-24 21:00:30 | It’s a perfectly nice watch for a Sunday afternoon with Mom |
| 179019 | Prabhjot Bains | Tilt Magazine | Rotten | — | 2023-11-02T13:10:32Z | 2023-11-02 13:10:32 | Stephen Frears brings Richard III back to life but forgets to give him a voice. |
| 179020 | Filipe Freitas | Always Good Movies | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2023-09-06T20:36:28Z | 2023-09-06 20:36:28 | One of those cases where the tedium outweighed the anticipation. |
| 179021 | Carla Hay | Culture Mix | Fresh | — | 2023-08-05T22:58:02Z | 2023-08-05 22:58:02 | The Lost King is the type of movie about an underestimated and persistent person where you know exactly how it's going to end. This traditionally made drama has a very watchable journey though, mostly because of Sally Hawkins' engaging lead performance. |
| 179022 | Michael Cook | KLRT-TV | Fresh | 8.5/10 | 2023-07-24T21:02:29Z | 2023-07-24 21:02:29 | It's a quiet movie, but it's still a lovely movie because Sally Hawkins, Oscar-nominee, is just fantastic as Philippa Langley, the woman just obsessed with finding the grave of Richard III. I loved this movie. |
| 179023 | Erik Childress | Movie Madness Podcast | Rotten | 2/4 | 2023-07-20T13:37:26Z | 2023-07-20 13:37:26 | While a fascinating story of the bureaucracy around historical treasures, its most noteworthy element about the unchecked prejudices towards those with mental & physical handicaps is buried under domestic issues and a visualization of the lead's fantasy. |
| 179024 | Javier Ocaña | El Pais (Spain) | Fresh | — | 2023-05-05T15:54:46Z | 2023-05-05 15:54:46 | A film set on the streets and with everyday interiors, that actually hides an extraordinary story about illusion, impetus and emotional impact. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 179025 | Fletcher Powell | KMUW - Wichita Public Radio | Fresh | — | 2023-04-21T22:55:01Z | 2023-04-21 22:55:01 | [Frears] knows his audience and doesn’t try to get too flashy, while mostly keeping things moving at pace. |
| 179026 | Peg Aloi | Arts Fuse | Fresh | — | 2023-04-13T23:37:51Z | 2023-04-13 23:37:51 | The Lost King is an intriguing combination. |
| 179027 | Frank Swietek | One Guy's Opinion | Fresh | B | 2023-04-05T18:22:20Z | 2023-04-05 18:22:20 | A low-key, engaging crowd-pleaser about historical detective work that’s also a David-and-Goliath story involving sexism and the prejudice against amateurs felt by professionals, as well as a modest reevaluation of Richard’s personality and regal status. |
| 179028 | Rob Thomas | Capital Times (Madison, WI) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2023-03-30T18:53:20Z | 2023-03-30 18:53:20 | “The Lost King” brings a light but firm touch to a story that’s too good not to dig into. |
| 179029 | Aaron Neuwirth | We Live Entertainment | Fresh | 7/10 | 2023-03-30T17:59:40Z | 2023-03-30 17:59:40 | That path this film goes down is somewhat predictable, but it’s no less interesting to see unfold. Plus, seeing a friendlier take on Richard III for a change is nice. |
| 179030 | Martha K. Baker | KDHX (St. Louis) | Fresh | — | 2023-03-29T19:16:18Z | 2023-03-29 19:16:18 | Hawkins perfectly portrays this fragile woman, toughened by the overbearing professors of Leister University. Coogan is believable as her supportive ex. Mark Addy plays one of the few men on her side. |
| 179031 | Katie Walsh | Tribune News Service | Fresh | 3/4 | 2023-03-29T19:01:48Z | 2023-03-29 19:01:48 | 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; that fact can be twisted into fiction |
| 179032 | Rafer Guzman | Newsday | Rotten | 2/4 | 2023-03-28T11:00:44Z | 2023-03-28 11:00:44 | A true story, potentially inspirational but mostly just peculiar. |
| 179033 | Emily Zemler | Observer | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2023-03-27T18:10:16Z | 2023-03-27 18:10:16 | 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. |
| 179034 | Abbie Bernstein | Assignment X | Fresh | B+ | 2023-03-27T17:15:57Z | 2023-03-27 17:15:57 | The Lost King successfully illustrates someone struggling to validate their own sense of identity through achievement, and that’s something most viewers can recognize from life. |
| 179035 | Alan Zilberman | Spectrum Culture | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2023-03-27T14:18:34Z | 2023-03-27 14:18:34 | Director Stephen Frears reunites with his Philomena writing team, who include the actor/comedian Steve Coogan, and they pad out a thin story with flourishes that no actor, no matter how charming, can sell. |
| 179036 | Ruth Maramis | FlixChatter Film Blog | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2023-03-26T23:04:13Z | 2023-03-26 23:04:13 | Sally Hawkins charms in this uplifting feel-good movie as Richard III's superfan. The fantasy bit involving his ghost provides comic relief as well as a manifestation of Langley's affection for the last Plantagenet king. |
| 179037 | Jackie K. Cooper | jackiekcooper.com | Fresh | 7/10 | 2023-03-26T22:25:17Z | 2023-03-26 22:25:17 | Slow moving but the film thrives thanks to the talent of Sally Hawkins. |
| 179038 | Robert Horton | The Scarecrow | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2023-03-25T18:20:01Z | 2023-03-25 18:20:01 | This is a script that might easily have given itself over to quirk, and coasted by on a few David and Goliath emotional beats, but this is a case where the Frears touch might be the difference-maker. |
| 179039 | John Urbancich | JMuvies | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-03-25T14:14:03Z | 2023-03-25 14:14:03 | Please don't expect screenwriters Jeff Pope and Coogan to engage you the same way they might have in their Oscar-nominated work on Frears' "Philomena," and you'll probably walk out of the theater more entertained than exhilarated. |
| 179040 | Tim Cogshell | FilmWeek (LAist) | Fresh | — | 2023-03-25T00:13:12Z | 2023-03-25 00:13:12 | It's sweet and nice, but it didn't need the extra stuff. |
| 179041 | Christy Lemire | FilmWeek (LAist) | Fresh | — | 2023-03-25T00:08:40Z | 2023-03-25 00:08:40 | Stephen Frears gives us something really comforting, sweet, solid and sincere. |
| 179042 | James Verniere | Boston Herald | Fresh | B+ | 2023-03-24T23:32:22Z | 2023-03-24 23:32:22 | A slightly flawed, minor effort from the great Stephen Frears, but a completely fun history/mystery ride from the writers of Philomena. Hawkins is lovely. |
| 179043 | Kyle Smith | Wall Street Journal | Fresh | — | 2023-03-24T22:26:09Z | 2023-03-24 22:26:09 | 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. |
| 179044 | Kurt Loder | Creators Syndicate | Fresh | — | 2023-03-24T21:30:48Z | 2023-03-24 21:30:48 | Moving in its affection for human eccentricity. Like collectors of antiquarian books and vintage vinyl records, the members of the Richard III Society are motivated by pure, unquestioning devotion. |
| 179045 | Esmé Holden | In Review Online | Rotten | — | 2023-03-24T20:59:15Z | 2023-03-24 20:59:15 | It’s easy, then, to let one’s eyes glaze over in the face of such commitment to inoffensiveness, but to an extent, that response lets it off the hook too easily, allowing the film’s ideas to slip through unchallenged. |
| 179046 | Julian Roman | MovieWeb | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2023-03-24T20:30:27Z | 2023-03-24 20:30:27 | Sally Hawkins shines in the incredible true story of an indomitable woman who achieved an extraordinary feat. The Lost King reminds experts aren't infallible. A regular person with guts, intellect, and willpower can prove them wrong. |
| 179047 | Peter Rainer | Christian Science Monitor | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2023-03-24T20:07:12Z | 2023-03-24 20:07:12 | The Lost King often seems distinctly underpowered. But it has one big thing in its favor: Sally Hawkins’ performance as Langley. She’s perfectly cast, which, as a general rule, does not always translate into a perfect performance. Not so here. |
| 179048 | Todd Jorgenson | Cinemalogue | Rotten | — | 2023-03-24T20:03:42Z | 2023-03-24 20:03:42 | ... struggles to balance its quirks with more resonant emotional grounding as it amplifies the quest for proof and empathy surrounding her outlandish claim. |
| 179049 | Robert Denerstein | Denerstein Unleashed | Fresh | — | 2023-03-24T19:47:34Z | 2023-03-24 19:47:34 | Sally Hawkins dominates... |
| 179050 | Leonard Maltin | leonardmaltin.com | Fresh | — | 2023-03-24T19:46:50Z | 2023-03-24 19:46:50 | 'The Lost King' is a thoroughly entertaining and enlightening film for grownups, and well worth seeing |
| 179051 | Stephanie Zacharek | TIME Magazine | Fresh | — | 2023-03-24T18:55:38Z | 2023-03-24 18:55:38 | [Hawkins] radiates a brazen confidence that shines through any surface impression of timidity. |
| 179052 | Jake Coyle | Associated Press | Fresh | 3/4 | 2023-03-24T18:55:32Z | 2023-03-24 18:55:32 | With Sally Hawkins playing Langley as a woman undeterred by pompous academics and condescending naysayers, The Lost King makes for a charmingly droll tale of long-ago and not-so-long-ago reappraisal. |
| 179053 | Ty Burr | Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2023-03-24T18:38:32Z | 2023-03-24 18:38:32 | It’s comfort-food cinema but also appreciably more, since Hawkins invests Langley with deep reserves of doubt, dreaming, and resolve. |
| 179054 | Juanma Fernández París | El Nuevo Día (Puerto Rico) | Fresh | — | 2023-03-24T16:22:01Z | 2023-03-24 16:22:01 | One of the greatest successes of the film, in addition to having Frears as director and Hawkins as the protagonist, is that the dramatic tension does not depend on whether the protagonist meets her goal or not. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 179055 | Alex Harrison | Screen Rant | Rotten | 2/5 | 2023-03-24T15:46:11Z | 2023-03-24 15:46:11 | Had The Lost King trusted its protagonist enough to let her be the true center, it might have provided a viewing experience worth recommending. |
| 179056 | Bilge Ebiri | New York Magazine/Vulture | Fresh | — | 2023-03-24T15:45:18Z | 2023-03-24 15:45:18 | The fact that The Lost King never quite reconciles this tension between striving for noble recognition and the fallacy of divine majesty feels like an implicit damnation of both. |
| 179057 | Sheila O'Malley | RogerEbert.com | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2023-03-24T14:23:13Z | 2023-03-24 14:23:13 | "The Lost King" gets sidetracked. Still, it's a great story. |
| 179058 | Jared Mobarak | Hey, Have You Seen ...? | Fresh | 6/10 | 2023-03-24T13:50:23Z | 2023-03-24 13:50:23 | The feel-good sensibility [of PHILOMENA] remains, it's just a bit messier in its hope to endear Philippa's story to a wider audience. Thankfully Hawkins is too good to care much. |
| 179059 | Anne Brodie | What She Said | Fresh | 3/4 | 2023-03-24T13:21:08Z | 2023-03-24 13:21:08 | It’s satisfying to see an ordinary person stand up to bureaucracy and achieve something great that rewrites history and brings it to life four centuries on. You could look up what happened but I recommend you catch The Lost King |
| 179060 | Bill Newcott | The Saturday Evening Post | Fresh | 4/5 | 2023-03-24T02:40:48Z | 2023-03-24 02:40:48 | In its own way compelling; simmering at a comfortable slow burn thanks to an endearing cast and a whimsical script. |
| 179061 | Sarah C. Jones | Bust Magazine | Rotten | — | 2023-03-23T23:08:20Z | 2023-03-23 23:08:20 | This is a diverting movie, but the true story is still stranger than fiction. |
| 179062 | Jeffrey Edalatpour | KQED (San Francisco) | Rotten | — | 2023-03-23T21:37:24Z | 2023-03-23 21:37:24 | It’s difficult, as an American, to believe any member of the monarchy could possibly be an underdog, as The Lost King seems to posit. |
| 179063 | Antonio Trashorras | Fotogramas | Fresh | — | 2023-03-23T21:23:36Z | 2023-03-23 21:23:36 | A neat miniature of digestible emotion that fortunately reserves a small space within for true reflection. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 179064 | Richard Crouse | Richard Crouse | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-03-23T17:51:27Z | 2023-03-23 17:51:27 | As a portrait of a person who refused to be trampled on, who finds her voice, it is a warm and often funny feel-good flick. |
| 179065 | Richard Whittaker | Austin Chronicle | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-03-23T16:57:06Z | 2023-03-23 16:57:06 | Hawkins evokes a certain British contrariness, a polite determination to do the right thing, and a quiet indignation when the same is not done for her. |
| 179066 | Chase Hutchinson | The Inlander (Spokane, WA) | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2023-03-23T16:37:24Z | 2023-03-23 16:37:24 | Even as it is a rather plainly shot film that never seems clear about the tone it is trying to strike, Hawkins pushes onward. That the film crumbles beneath her feet with every step she takes makes it a misfire when it should have been a marvel. |
| 179067 | Nadia Dalimonte | Next Best Picture | Fresh | 6/10 | 2023-03-23T15:26:10Z | 2023-03-23 15:26:10 | Floating somewhere between historical drama and whimsical fantasy, “The Lost King” is a sporadically charming and forgettable afterthought. |
| 179068 | Moira MacDonald | Seattle Times | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2023-03-23T15:19:05Z | 2023-03-23 15:19:05 | It’s a tale made for the movies, and a character perfectly suited to the great Hawkins, who specializes in wispy-voiced women with cores of steel. |
| 179069 | Mark Dujsik | Mark Reviews Movies | Fresh | 3/4 | 2023-03-23T15:04:05Z | 2023-03-23 15:04:05 | While this dramatization ... struggles in its portrayal of the main character, the history behind The Lost King is too fascinating to ignore. |
| 179070 | Karen Gordon | Original Cin | Fresh | B+ | 2023-03-23T14:44:19Z | 2023-03-23 14:44:19 | A literal lost king is found and redeemed in this quiet, intelligent film. |
| 179071 | Seth Katz | Slant Magazine | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2023-03-23T13:37:26Z | 2023-03-23 13:37:26 | The film, a shabby account of the story behind the story, muddles its themes and only superficially conveys the importance of the historical insights it contains. |
| 179072 | Jeannette Catsoulis | New York Times | Fresh | — | 2023-03-23T11:17:52Z | 2023-03-23 11:17:52 | Sally Hawkins is a gift, to directors and audiences alike. |
| 179073 | Jeanne Kaplan | Kaplan vs. Kaplan | Fresh | — | 2023-03-23T03:27:39Z | 2023-03-23 03:27:39 | THE LOST KING is very inspiring. The tenacious battle of one woman to find a much-maligned monarch and set the record straight is incredible. |
| 179074 | David Kaplan | Kaplan vs. Kaplan | Fresh | — | 2023-03-23T03:26:23Z | 2023-03-23 03:26:23 | Because THE LOST KING is based on a true story the film deserves our attention. After all, the concept that a wrong should be made right after 500 years is pretty amazing. |
| 179075 | Laura Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Fresh | B | 2023-03-22T16:08:49Z | 2023-03-22 16:08:49 | portrays humankind as all too eager to accept a scurrilous tale over truth and how one determined amateur crusader shone a light that changed her country’s history. |
| 179076 | Mike McGranaghan | Aisle Seat | Fresh | 3/4 | 2023-03-22T15:12:21Z | 2023-03-22 15:12:21 | A desire to see this character vindicated against all odds is sufficient to keep your eyes glued to the screen. |
| 179077 | Christopher Lloyd | The Film Yap | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2023-03-22T12:54:12Z | 2023-03-22 12:54:12 | A magnificent performance by Sally Hawkins in the true story of a workaday British woman who was determined to find the true body and soul of King Richard III. |
| 179078 | Ann Hornaday | Washington Post | Fresh | 3/4 | 2023-03-22T00:06:04Z | 2023-03-22 00:06:04 | Its pleasures and compensations lie not in plotty complications or some third-act twist, but in the humanity that suffuses an enterprise that is borne of obsession but achieves a form of transcendence. |
| 179079 | Stefan Pape | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 4/5 | 2023-03-22T00:02:48Z | 2023-03-22 00:02:48 | The Lost King's writers, Coogan and Jeff Pope, have yet again combined a light, delicate touch with a deeper, more profound narrative. |
| 179080 | Brian Orndorf | Blu-ray.com | Fresh | B+ | 2023-03-21T23:53:22Z | 2023-03-21 23:53:22 | Coogan and Pope find some electricity in this odyssey, and they inspire a layered performance from Hawkins. |
| 179081 | Avi Offer | NYC Movie Guru | Fresh | — | 2023-03-21T20:48:00Z | 2023-03-21 20:48:00 | Witty, whimsical and genuinely heartfelt. Inspirational and empowering. Sally Hawkins is terrific. |
| 179082 | Brian Eggert | Deep Focus Review | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2023-03-21T13:51:32Z | 2023-03-21 13:51:32 | It’s a story about an average woman finding her passion and happiness, all while overcoming prejudices and long-held assumptions until she literally changes history. What could be more thrilling? |
| 179083 | Mick LaSalle | San Francisco Chronicle | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2023-03-20T16:11:32Z | 2023-03-20 16:11:32 | Despite its flaws in emphasis, “The Lost King” has a story that was just impossible to kill. |
| 179084 | Joey Magidson | Awards Radar | Fresh | 3/4 | 2023-03-20T14:52:50Z | 2023-03-20 14:52:50 | While not nearly as much of a winner as Philomena was, The Lost King is an effectively low-key dramatization of a fascinating true story. |
| 179085 | Amber Wilkinson | Eye for Film | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2023-03-17T12:11:48Z | 2023-03-17 12:11:48 | You could argue it's a bit broad but then charming crowdpleasers often are. |
| 179086 | Brian Susbielles | InSession Film | Fresh | B- | 2023-02-13T23:38:31Z | 2023-02-13 23:38:31 | This is still a feel-good film where the little woman (or man) comes out of it as the one who got it right the whole time, albeit slightly bittersweet. |
| 179087 | Dennis Harvey | 48 Hills | Fresh | — | 2023-02-13T21:12:21Z | 2023-02-13 21:12:21 | A slickly seriocomedic tale... |
| 179088 | Sarah Ward | Concrete Playground | Rotten | — | 2023-01-26T07:31:30Z | 2023-01-26 07:31:30 | Everything feels simplified and smoothed out here, given too many quirks and rendered a tad cartoonish. |
| 179089 | Katie Smith-Wong | Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) | Rotten | — | 2023-01-03T23:49:59Z | 2023-01-03 23:49:59 | Hawkins saves The Lost King by proving she is a chameleon on-screen. Portraying the softly-spoken Langley, she is one of the film’s saving graces, overshadowing the humdrum supporting characters with her determination and persistence. |
| 179090 | Wenlei Ma | News.com.au | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-01-02T12:59:24Z | 2023-01-02 12:59:24 | Sally Hawkins’ compassionate rendering of Philippa rounds out some traits that could have come off as far more self-righteous and off-putting. |
| 179091 | John McDonald | Australian Financial Review | Fresh | — | 2022-12-31T04:50:11Z | 2022-12-31 04:50:11 | Philippa is a real person, but a stock character: the ordinary woman who confounds the experts through sheer determination. |
| 179092 | Jane Freebury | Jane Freebury | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-12-31T01:59:46Z | 2022-12-31 01:59:46 | Charming light comedy in which Sally Hawkins is as winning as ever, but it doesn't make great use of the potential in its backstory, an astonishing recent historical find under a Midlands carpark |
| 179093 | Paul Byrnes | Sydney Morning Herald | Rotten | 3/5 | 2022-12-23T07:04:06Z | 2022-12-23 07:04:06 | Frears has made many great films. This is not one of them. It’s too slippery with the facts to have any standing when it comes to the truth, too ready to find villainy as it proclaims that Richard was no villain. |
| 179094 | Jim Schembri | jimschembri.com | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-12-20T08:31:14Z | 2022-12-20 08:31:14 | In stark contrast to the cascade of superheroes bounding forth from the multiplex and whose strengths are predicated on exceptionalism, this film presents a real-life hero whose humility and ordinariness is at the very heart of her history-changing power. |
| 179095 | David Stratton | The Australian | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-12-17T01:33:45Z | 2022-12-17 01:33:45 | The 81-year-old Frears, who has enjoyed an illustrious career, once again achieves excellent work, the performances are impeccable, and this story of a lost King proves to be a riveting yarn. |
| 179096 | Simon Miraudo | Movie Squad (RTRFM 92.1) | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2022-12-16T01:40:06Z | 2022-12-16 01:40:06 | A perfectly okay film to pass away the time. |
| 179097 | Nadine Whitney | FILMINK (Australia) | Fresh | 12.5/20 | 2022-12-09T04:05:50Z | 2022-12-09 04:05:50 | … Hawkins does a great job of making Philippa feel real and she manages to inject a whole lot of fight into the character … |
| 179098 | Graeme Tuckett | The Post NZ | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-12-09T01:45:47Z | 2022-12-09 01:45:47 | The Lost King is a breezy, enjoyable and very watchable film. Frears, as always, sets his stages simply and perfectly -- and then lets his cast do their work without much interference or attention grabbing from behind the camera. |
| 179099 | Cory Woodroof | 615 Film | Fresh | — | 2022-11-30T03:34:51Z | 2022-11-30 03:34:51 | A modest, tender story about how, when wayward British people seek community via conspiracy, they try to find where a king is buried rather than embrace QAnon and storm the Capitol. So, yeah, God save the Queen. |
| 179100 | Michael Talbot-Haynes | Film Threat | Fresh | 8.5/10 | 2022-11-23T20:05:27Z | 2022-11-23 20:05:27 | The Lost King is an engaging journey by a master filmmaker that will be a lollipop parade for older audiences coming back to the theaters. |
| 179101 | Mike Shutt | Slashfilm | Fresh | 6/10 | 2022-11-17T17:06:41Z | 2022-11-17 17:06:41 | Stephen Frears' New Film Seeks To Change The Record On Richard III. |
| 179102 | Dennis Schwartz | Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews | Fresh | B+ | 2022-11-14T05:43:12Z | 2022-11-14 05:43:12 | That this oddball curiosity film continued to hold my interest after it went down such a strange path, is what I found most amazing about it. |
| 179103 | Steven Prokopy | Third Coast Review | Fresh | 3/4 | 2022-11-08T21:18:07Z | 2022-11-08 21:18:07 | But it’s also about a women finding the strength, in both mind and body, to stand up for herself and her work, and that’s where the film excels in its storytelling. |
| 179104 | Jacob Oller | Paste Magazine | Rotten | 4.8/10 | 2022-10-20T19:14:53Z | 2022-10-20 19:14:53 | Director Stephen Frears and his Philomena writing team of Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope condescend to us, making the discovery of King Richard III’s bones beneath a Leicester car park as tedious as possible. |
| 179105 | Robert Kojder | Flickering Myth | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2022-10-19T03:44:26Z | 2022-10-19 03:44:26 | There is an undeniably fascinating true story at the center of Stephen Frears’ The Lost King, which unfortunately takes a confounding tonal approach resulting in primarily flat storytelling execution |
| 179106 | Richard Propes | TheIndependentCritic.com | Fresh | 3.0/4.0 | 2022-10-14T23:07:20Z | 2022-10-14 23:07:20 | I'm a sucker for a genuinely engaging underdog story and such is the case with The Lost King. |
| 179107 | Alistair Harkness | Scotsman | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-10-13T22:41:40Z | 2022-10-13 22:41:40 | [Hawkins is] magnificent, which makes Frears and co's determination to dumb down the movie around her all the more irritating. |
| 179108 | Rich Cline | Shadows on the Wall | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-10-12T22:31:14Z | 2022-10-12 22:31:14 | There's plenty of provocative topicality in this story of a sidelined woman who identifies with a historical figure she feels has been similarly dismissed. And Sally Hawkins gives this exploration of intuition a riveting centre. |
| 179109 | Veronica Lee | The Arts Desk | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-10-11T17:56:19Z | 2022-10-11 17:56:19 | The Lost King isn't a memorable film but at its heart is a fascinating story not just of a king given his rightful royal burial, but of a woman who finally finds her voice. |
| 179110 | Jason Best | What To Watch | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-10-11T10:13:59Z | 2022-10-11 10:13:59 | With composer Alexandre Desplat’s score adding appropriate notes of intrigue and humor, Frears and his collaborators... turn Philippa’s fascinating, stranger-than-fiction quest into a rousing, feelgood film. |
| 179111 | Mark Kermode | Observer (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-10-10T16:48:13Z | 2022-10-10 16:48:13 | Whatever its inconsistencies, The Lost King is an underdog story that proves a perfect vehicle for Hawkins’s reliably winning screen presence. |
| 179112 | Kristy Puchko | Mashable | Rotten | — | 2022-10-09T19:52:22Z | 2022-10-09 19:52:22 | It's the kind of movie that would make a lovely watch on a rainy Sunday, but far from the kind that'll make waves, much less change history. |
| 179113 | Clarisse Loughrey | Independent (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-10-08T00:34:03Z | 2022-10-08 00:34:03 | Its self-congratulatory crusade to restore its subject’s reputation has, for the sake of entertainment, distorted reality to the point that it borders on farce. |
| 179114 | Olly Richards | Time Out | Rotten | 3/5 | 2022-10-07T16:33:18Z | 2022-10-07 16:33:18 | It’s all nice enough, yet it feels very low stakes. |
| 179115 | Andy Lea | Daily Express (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-10-07T13:13:43Z | 2022-10-07 13:13:43 | An interesting and quietly inspiring yarn... |
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