'The King of California' is an easily-entertaining film that features two bravura performances. Accompanying this review is a photograph of Michael Douglas looking like Whiskers McCrazy. Why do people who look like this resent being treated as if Security guards are attracted to him like bears to honey.
That's not a flaw, it's just the kind of movie KOC is. I like movies that confront me or But, the next time I will walk, not run, to a Michael Douglas movie, maybe read the box next time, ask a few friends, read some reviews.slow. Read Common Sense Media's King of California review, age rating, and parents guide.
Charlie (Michael Douglas), a California jazz musician who's just been released from a mental institution and returned home to live with his teenage daughter, Miranda (the always-exceptional young actress Evan. Michael Douglas in Mike Cahill's film "King of California."Credit. First Look Studios and Nu Image Films. There are many great movies about California — THE GRAPES OF WRATH, KISS ME DEADLY, CHINATOWN — and if novelist-turned-director Mike Cahill's look at the current state of the Golden State isn't quite an American masterpiece, it's beautifully done and a. King of California is a well conceived little picture, but it lacks the edge and wit of other similar films such as Little Miss Sunshine and Juno. Obviously trying to capitalize on what has become a popular genre (the quirky dramedy), the movie, written and directed by Mike Cahill.
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Written & directed by Mike Cahill, 'King of California' is a feel-good coming-of-age movie that the Sundance Film Festival has become so accustomed to churning out… Charlie (Michael Douglas) is a musician who's spent his life suffering from a bi-polar disorder, dwindling between various professions. But King of California is nevertheless weirdly captivating. The quiet, bruised intimacy of the film's father-daughter relationship is beautifully played, and first-time screenwriter-director Mike Cahill's wry grasp of the desert-suburban-sprawl.
It is his debut as a screenwriter and director. The premise of a newly-released mental patient who tries to find a treasure beneath a This movie accidentally showed up in my mailbox from Netflix years ago along with L. Confidential and I kept both since I had no obligation to return them. Movie reviews for King Of California.