Alex, a 12-year-old boy, and his friends fight an evil sorceress with the help of Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur, in a bid to save the world from her atrocities.Alex, a 12-year-old boy, and his friends fight an evil sorceress with the help of Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur, in a bid to save the world from her atrocities.Alex, a 12-year-old boy, and his friends fight an evil sorceress with the help of Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur, in a bid to save the world from her atrocities.
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- 3 wins & 3 nominations
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- TriviaThe phrase "The Once And Future King" is taken from the title of T.H. White's four book series of Arthurian tales, the first of which was used as the basis for Disney's The Sword in the Stone (1963). White derived his title from the inscription that, according to Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, was written upon King Arthur's tomb: "Here lies Arthur, king once, and king to be." It was White who first described Merlin as living through time backwards; an idea revisited by Joe Cornish in this movie.
- GoofsThroughout the movie they are counting down to an upcoming solar eclipse. Yet the Moon each night gets more and more full with it being completely full the night before the eclipse. A solar eclipse can only happen on a new Moon approximately two weeks away from a full moon.
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Featured review
Suspend disbelief and simply enjoy.
Didn't expect much from this but the kids are good, Merlin (both old and young) is a delight and it's actually rather corny fun. If you expected it to be anything else, why are you watching it?
Only effect I thought weak was the one for 'MorganaDragon' and the rest are up to par, in the main.
Story isn't overlong, unless you can only tolerate cartoons. Neither the best, nor the worst film you'll see.
Give it a go. Avoid preconceptions. If you're disappointed, you simply have no soul. Particularly if you can't warm to Bedders immediately.
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- May 4, 2019
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- Cậu Bé và Sứ Mệnh Thiên Tử
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- Budget
- $59,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,790,790
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,173,887
- Jan 27, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $32,140,970
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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