PREVIEW: King Richard (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness), Aunjanue Ellis (Ray), Saniyya Sidney (Fences), Demi Singleton (Goldie), Tony Goldwyn (Ghost), Jon Bernthal (Those Who Wish Me Dead), Dylan McDermott (The Campaign), Mikayla LaShae Bartholomew (film debut), Daniele Lawson (film debut), Layla Crawford (Note to Self), Andy Bean (Malignant), Kevin Dunn (Transformers), Craig Tate (12 Years a Slave), Susie Abromeit (Hard Rush), Katrina Begin (The Beautiful Ordinary), Judith Chapman (28 Days), Noah Bean (The Report), Erin Cummings (Rolling), Vaughn W. Hebron (Borderline)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men), director; Zach Baylin (film debut), writer; Will Smith (Bad Boys for Life), Tim White (Ingrid Goes West) and Trevor White (Welcome Home), producers; Kris Bowers (Green Book), composer; Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood), cinematographer; Pamela Martin (Battle of the Sexes), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the 1990s, Richard Williams (Smith) puts into motion an unconventional plan he has concocted for his two daughters, Venus (Sidney) and Serena (Singleton), to rise from the streets of Compton, California to become top-ranking tennis players…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Will Smith is on absolutely top form as the father of tennis icons Venus and Serena Williams, in this feel-good sports biopic that is bound to please everyone and anyone with a beating heart.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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