The King's Daughter
Seen it?2022 | 94 min | Fantasy, Adventure, Family
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 20% on Rotten Tomatoes and a box office loss, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy fans, adventure fans and families. If you loved Stardust or The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 34 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate daughter's discovery of the creature.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
20% on Rotten Tomatoes, 31 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
7.0 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$2 million worldwide on a $41 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 147K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Sean McNamara
- Pierce BrosnanKing Louis XIV
- Kaya ScodelarioMarie-Josephe D'Alember
- Benjamin WalkerYves De La Croix
- William HurtPere La Chaise
- Julie AndrewsNarrator
- Fan BingbingMermaid
- Pablo SchreiberDr. Labarthe
- Ben Lloyd-HughesJean-Michel Lintillac
- Rachel GriffithsAbbess
- Paul IrelandBenoit