The Lost King

"Breezy, enjoyable and very watchable..."

"It’s a fascinating story but the resulting film insists on a kooky relatability that isn’t really there. A misfire."

"A historical detective story that carries the kick of a true-life Da Vinci Code."

"The Lost King (tries) too hard to be a broad comedy and broad social commentary; eventually being neither."

"An engaging journey by a master filmmaker..."

"The bar it needed to reach was "Perfectly charming," and that's where it landed."

"The Lost King makes (an) archeological miracle royally dull."

"Its self-congratulatory crusade to restore its subject’s reputation has... distorted reality to the point that it borders on farce."

"Disappointing..."

"It’s all nice enough, yet it feels very low stakes."

"Whatever the accuracy of it, this is an engaging feel-good picture..."

"(The Lost King) can’t always locate the dramatic pulse of events, or crack the problem of a story visually rooted in a rectangle of tarmac."

"Sally Hawkins’ spirited, humane performance helps overcome a slight lack of dramatic tension."

"Flawed but compelling..."

"The script, which offers few surprises but plenty of comfort, moves along at a nice clip..."

"It plods along, entirely free from intrigue or tension..."

"It’s hard to imagine that the real story isn’t far more interesting than the one that we’re being presented."

"A warm, wryly amusing account of a real-life story..."