Movie Review: Is King Richard and Oscar-Worthy Film?

can you feel it because i can feel it it 
feels like we’re going into oscar season  
welcome to another movie review
welcome back or if you are new here welcome my 
name is katrina and i make bookish content here  
on this channel every week and movie reviews just 
like this one here at the weekend i will leave my  
playlist of movie reviews linked up above which 
includes my bonus eternals movie review um if  
you have missed that one yes it feels like we’re 
going into oscar season today i have a review of  
a biopic for you if you have been following the 
channel for a while you will know that i am a  
huge fan of a biopic it’s possibly one of my sort 
of favorite like genres of movie to watch and if  
i’m looking for something to watch from a sort 
of streaming service if there’s a biopic that i  
haven’t seen on there i will always pick this one 
and this one yeah just feels like we’re now in the  
run into like we’re going to get oscar nominations 
for this movie and so i’m just excited for all  
the movies that are going to come out like this 
one as well so this is my review of king richard  
this one stars will smith and it’s produced by 
will smith as well as being produced by venus  
and serena williams because this is the story 
of richard williams their dad and their

sort of
rise to tennis stardom now i am not a tennis
fan i there are very few tennis matches i have
watched obviously i am aware of the big names
i’ve been to the town of wimbledon um and
yeah not big tennis fan so if you are worried
that you are not a tennis fan and therefore you
will not enjoy this film don’t be because i sat
down and watched this film and i did not move
until the film was finished and that is
unheard of for me and it’s not a short film
um however it did not feel like a long and boring
film i did not i was never sort of aware of
the time i did not look at my watch during
this film i was captivated from the moment
it started until the moment i left my seat as the
credits were rolling um i just yes love love love
a biopic i am a big fan of will smith on the
screen as well and this film was just oh it was
just perfection it was just so good it’s been so
long since i went to the cinema and saw a movie
that i really really loved and i’m already
excited to take other people to go and see
this because i know that they will love it too i’m
already recommending it to people and i watched it
less than 12 hours ago well 12 hours ago
right now i was in the cinema watching it so
yes it’s a biopic we see the story of um
their family and growing up in compton
and the sort of fight for tennis coaching and
representation and first professional matches
and it literally only goes up to the point where
they sort of break into the tennis world we don’t
go into like now let’s follow them to the us
open and to wimbledon and to the cover of vogue
and all that um it just literally goes up to
venus’s first professional match um but yeah
i was also really aware of how well his film was
directed there was some really interesting shots
that gave like a different feeling to a scene
so we might be watching a conversation between
williams and the tennis coach but we’re seeing it
from the perspective of kind of like over one of
the girls shoulders and so she’s listening to this
conversation and just that like directional choice
um i just thought was absolutely fantastic
the other thing that really struck me as i
was watching this film was the soundtrack i
really enjoyed the soundtrack and when we’ve
got those sort of like powerful montages of
good things happening or those sort of like
moments where the family are all doing
something together and we need some
uplifting music the music suited it really
well and then the music that rolls over
the um closing credits as well it’s just fantastic
so amazing musical soundtrack amazing directorial
choices the sort of lighting as well like
everything about this film just kind of like
made me a little bit fizzy and that’s what
was lacking with my eternals review that i
did last week so i’ll leave that linked
up above in case you haven’t seen it
i just didn’t get that feeling from that film and
so walking out of that one and walking into this
one was a huge relief because i was thinking
maybe it’s me i haven’t seen a film that i’ve
just loved in cinemas possibly since being back
in the uk like it’s been a struggle um but i did
love this one and i just thought it was fantastic
as i say the acting is absolutely superb the um
the young actors that play the five williams
daughters are fantastic the person that plays
the mother she is amazing obviously we know that
will smith is great and just the kind of like
level of do i see he’s getting involved with this
one he’s not sure about will smith clearly but the
level of like emotion in his acting like think
back to him in the pursuit of happiness it just
reminded me of that there’s moments where
it’s raining and he’s just oh you can tell
how tired he is he made me exhausted watching
it and this was after i’d fallen asleep in the
previous film that i watched um but i
was i was just engrossed in the screen
the whole time i found it very uplifting i found
it very motivating i felt empowered leaving there
and i just thought that it was a fantastic
film well done don’t be put off if you
don’t like tennis don’t be put off if you see
that it’s on the longer side it does not feel
like a longer side film there are other films
out there that i have reviewed recently that feel
too long this is not one of them should you pay
your cinema going money to go and see this yes
it is a beautiful film to watch and seeing it with
an audience in the cinema is just a treat because
there are moments of humor where everybody laughs
and there are moments of tension where you can
feel everybody else holding their breath and so
yes this absolutely should be seen on the cinema
um on the cinema screen however don’t let that
put you off from seeing it at all you should watch
this film it was amazing i highly recommend it and
i’m already excited to go and take as i say other
people to go and see this one i really really
enjoyed it and i feel sure that it is going to get
some oscar nominations let’s circle back to me at
nominations time next year saying oh they didn’t
get any um maybe i’ve doomed it but yes absolutely
recommend this one wonderful to be able to come on
here and actually enthuse about a film that i’ve
seen it’s a good feeling um i will be back with
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