Arthur the King

Get ready for a heart-pumping experience with Arthur the King—a sports drama that will leave you cheering for more.

Obviously, being a dog lover goes a long way toward one’s enjoyment of Arthur the King. But even if you’re not, you won’t be able to resist this canine thespian who manages to convey a world of information merely through barks. And he doesn’t even need those.

Mark Wahlberg leads a good ensemble cast while sweetly interacting with Arthur the dog, and it’s cute and heartwarming, with the film doing exactly what it aims for.

This true-life tale about perseverance, compassion and second chances cuts right to the quick. While it doesn’t stray from a predictable path, the journey is rarely dull, making our travels and these characters’ travails feel worthy of the big screen.

The film, “based on the incredible true story” that happened in 2014, is an efficient, fun but by-the-numbers movie that has the distinction of being shot on location in the Dominican Republic, which looks quite lovely onscreen.

I should have been more affected by Arthur the King because, after all, “Old Yeller” conditioned my generation to erupt in tears whenever a dog’s fate looks dire. And yet, all I saw were the familiar gears churning underneath.

There are no gambles in this crossbreed of sports movie and doggy drama that dutifully — and lazily — stays on course from beginning to end. Heartstrings are tugged, dogs are adored and it’s all inoffensively inspirational.

10/10 Zero wokeness, good actors, miracle true story, real dog used and not animated at all, had me tearing up, one of the best movies I've seen this year, i bought it on prime, also its good for the whole family, must watch.

Arthur the King is such a passionate and interesting story as it certainly quite an interesting story to learn about.

(Mauro Lanari) In '56 De Sica decides that in "Umberto D." the little dog's survival instinct should prevail, and everyone is moved, I don't rightly know why, by such therapèutic obstinacy. Nearly 70 years later, the same question is reproposed taking the same answer for granted again, and I still don't understand. Ps: what was the alternative, that the pet died and that the protagonist turned into a vengeful killer starting a saga? Already done.

Propaganda for a niche sport. Plus a cute dog. Noone in the cast convinces as a high level athlete.

Corny and awful. And if you read the Wikipedia site about the dog, it looks like the original story of a stray dog is actually pretty shady and he may have been taken from a poor rural family in Ecuador