The King of Detroit (2014) User Reviews

A Terribly Timed Review

[kmdunn-35000 · 8/10 · 6 August 2022]

I saw this when it came out, and 8 years later it popped back into my memory. Maybe its tied to the Main Art theater in Royal Oak being torn down.

Either way, I really enjoyed this movie. Yes, it is one more take on the - one crazy night / its confusing and agonizing to be a young person genres, but it is handled with less weight attached. It is thoroughly goofy and awkward and enjoyable, with plenty of Detroit specific references.

Not up to much.

[eamondunphy · 2/10 · 5 July 2021]

Just saw this. Very poor fare: like the noodlings of film students. The actor who plays Crispy is unconvincing. The dialogue is poorly written and is inflated at all times with a pompous sense of self-satisfaction. Seems like the writers just attempted to replicate the formula of other 'coming of age' movies but they didn't have the wits to do it.