The Three Kings
Seen it?1987 | 96 min | Family, Fantasy, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- One for people who start the Christmas movies early and fantasy fans. Made to be watched with the tree lit. If you loved It's a Wonderful Life or The Nightmare Before Christmas, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Bright and bouncy, at 1 hr 36 min.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- Skip it if you want something with an edge.
The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the Three Wise Men for a Christmas pageant, the trio is suddenly struck with the delusion that they are really their Biblical counterparts on a quest to find the Baby Jesus. As TV cameras grind away, the three ersatz Kings surreptitiously ride out of the gates of the asylum—on camels—and into the mean streets of LA. As the story draws to its conclusion, the three escapees find themselves providing a Christmas miracle (but not in the form of rap) for a group of homeless people on the outskirts of the city.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mel Damski
- Tiana AlexandraJan DuLong
- Jane KaczmarekDr. Paula Bolet
- Richard PartlowPolice Officer
- Lou Diamond PhillipsTag
- Art LaFleurPolice Officer
- Kavi RazFalafel Stand Worker
- Charles Nelson ReillyClerk
- Pepe SernaAlex Sweetwood
- Stan ShawPaul
- Tori SpellingGirl at Falafel Stand