While it may not leave a lasting mark, the movie ends on a high note and wins you over with its charms.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 23, 2023

King Knight teaches of importance of kinship, the deep sense of spirituality, connecting with nature, and most importantly, the hilarious journey of an occult that learns to let go of the past.

| Jul 20, 2023

A surprisingly enjoyable watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 4, 2022

In truth, the script for King Knight could have been punched up a little and the gags about Juliette Binoche don’t work quite as well as everyone thinks. But there are one or two amiable laughs.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 1, 2022

Despite the mildly impressive cast and the filmmaker’s even more mildly impressive background, King Knight feels like a major step backwards for everyone involved.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jul 8, 2022

A slew of good actors cant save dialogue that puts them into boxes and leaves them stranded there.

| Feb 27, 2022

The humor of King Knight comes from the characters taking themselves so seriously despite its obviously silly premise.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 18, 2022

Aimless, immature, and frustratingly amateurish, Richard Bates King Knight feels like it was made exclusively for those involved in it, with no regard for an audiences patience or time.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 17, 2022

King Knight is the kind of film that was clearly a lot of fun to make but is nowhere near as entertaining to watch. The experience is akin to watching the blooper reel at the end of a bad comedy for 80 minutes straight.

| Feb 17, 2022

Both mocks the conventions of the reunion comedy and lovingly co-opts them for its own subversive ends.

| Feb 17, 2022

Not the most ambitious feature, but the production achieves some good-natured hilarity with its limited budget, remaining strangely kind and cheery with this tale of wizardry and shame.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 16, 2022

Clearly, this was made by talented people on all fronts and yet it leaves the viewer feeling like something is wrong, like the film is making fun of the people it wants the viewers to connect with.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 15, 2022

A far cry from Bates elegant 2012 bloodbath Excision, King Knight is a mostly insipid, overlong sitcom episode not worth tuning in for.

| Original Score: D | Feb 8, 2022

With King Knight, Bates Jr has crafted a gloriously hilarious, camp masterpiece that pokes fun at both the expected norms of American school life and the sage-burning new age breed that so earnestly embrace their outsider status.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 9, 2021

The dialogue and character writing are sharp and witty all around, with sincere rather than sarcastic delivery from all; and almost everyone is adorable. Yet somehow, King Knight felt just a little too pretentious to me.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 9, 2021

King Knight is a return to the kind of intelligent satire where Bates works best.

| Aug 31, 2021

"Nothing can really prepare you for its approach, but by the end you'll feel like you've been wrapped in a witchy little hug."

| Aug 31, 2021

Disarmingly, hilariously bizarre, King Knight is another inventive winner from Richard Bates Jr., lent heart by the strong work of its terrific ensemble cast.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 29, 2021

King Knight is a humorous look at the leader of a group of outsiders, learning to accept his past, and being his true self. No matter how that may sound, King Knight is a unique mix of dark and light comedy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 27, 2021

This is a filmmaker evolving to interesting new places while still retaining his trademark sharp satire, biting wit, and shrewd social commentary.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2021