SummaryAt the age of 16, Miranda has already had to live with her share of disappointments. Abandoned by her mother, she dropped out of school and has been supporting herself as an employee at McDonald's while her father Charlie resides in a mental institution. When Charlie is released and sent back to their home, Miranda finds the relatively peaceful e... Read More
King of California
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Generally Favorable
63
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
73% Positive
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88
Wood is excellent, but this is a career highlight for Douglas. His depiction of the manic Charlie stays surprisingly grounded and prevents the story from being a naive celebration of mental illness as a kind of freedom that it so easily could have become.
75
When you stand back a step from the movie, you admire Douglas and Wood for starting with potentially unplayable characters, and playing them so well we actually care about a quest that, in a way, seems more designed for Abbott and Costello.
75
With Douglas, the film's shambling charms slowly catch hold, thanks mainly to his personal magnetism.
70
Douglas is a manic joy, and Wood manages to hang on for the ride.
63
A flaky, tedious, intermittently likable fable about being crazy in a crazy world.
50
If you're looking for a screwball comedy about bipolar disorder -- and who among us is not? -- then this picture fits the bill fine. However, if you're picky enough to want a good screwball comedy about bipolar disorder, well, I'm afraid the wait continues.
38
A caper comedy that forgot to put in the laughs.
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