Yup, it's one of them, terrible acting, turgid dialogue and pointless scenes. Two stars for having a pop.
Nathan's Kingdom
2020
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Nathan's Kingdom
2020
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
85% - Audience
5.6Plot summary
"Nathan's Kingdom" is a dark fantasy, coming-of-age drama about Nathan, a young autistic man struggling with his teenage opiate-addicted sister, Laura, and rather than surrendering to social services, they risk their lives to find a fictitious kingdom with the potential of changing their lives forever. To cope with the hardships of a broken home, Nathan spent his younger years playing with his self-appointed best friend, Laura. Together, they invent a fictitious safe haven called "The Kingdom" and promise each other to one day find it. Ten years go by and adulthood sets in. In an effort to save the only family he has, Nathan outmaneuvers social services and takes Laura on a mythical quest: battling monsters, enduring epic wars, and confronting an underground civilization of ghouls in hopes to find the Kingdom with the potential to transform their lives forever.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Top cast
Dmitrious Bistrevsky as Evil Condor
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 856.06 MB
1280*538
English 2.0
NR
Movie Reviews
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One thinks the production team may have scored this ...
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A story that just did not reach the coming of age it was striving for!
By the way there is absolutely NOTHING remotely Sci-Fi about this film at all; so why was it rated as such!
Its not the low budget that causes the lackluster going nowhere story to fail but rather the Jacob Lince (as Nathan) utterly terrible lack of ability to portray an autistic person. Autism is a hard thing to portray but I have seen other actors do a far more convincing job. Most famous would of course be Dustin Hoffman, playing alongside Tom Cruise as his brother in "RAIN MAN".
Then we had Madison Ford (as Nathans opiate addicted sister,Laura) and all she did was act like your typical millennial spoilt, bad attitude modern day brat! I could feel no sympathy for her character at all even though having to look after an older autistic sibling would normally have you feeling bad for her in at least a small way...Nope...NO way...just couldn't! Also! I don't think it was make-up intentional or anything but she looked absolutely wrecked/ill/drab all through the film.
I had to force myself to complete the film view to the end. All I could find good about this poor offering was the periodical fantastic views of mountain scenes and oddly eroded shaped rock towers etc. If you are having trouble sleeping then this is the film to watch...you will nod off in 10-20 minutes, if not sooner.
Yet another time in my life that would have been better spent watcjing paint dry!
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So much wasted potential
Reading the critics reviews one gets a wonderful perspective of autism, but not a lot about the movie. This is a review of the movie and not of autism. Overall, a good concept and a fair indie movie. However, low budget is no excuse for poor directing, poor editing and allowing lame acting to pass as final product. The visual effects and stylistic elements are excellent. Really good work there. But sadly it cannot carry the movie. I just feel that there was so much more that could have been done to make it better. It's as if someone's "good enough" bar was set too low. I did manage to get to the end of the movie, which took some effort. But the effort wasn't really worth it at the end.