King Ralph
1991 · Movie · PG · 97 min · ★ 5.4 · 30% critics
After a freak accident leaves the British throne without an obvious successor, an ordinary American is suddenly crowned and whisked into palace life. As he’s coached in tradition and public duties, his rough edges clash with royal expectations and political pressure, turning his new role into a chaotic fish-out-of-water challenge.
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Details
- Years
- 1991
- Release date
- 1991-02-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Critic score
- 30/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.4/10 (319 votes)
- Budget
- $23,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a light, silly culture-clash comedy about an unlikely outsider in a fancy world, like The Flintstones; Not for you if you need sharp satire, believable romance, or consistent laughs.
Pros: fish-out-of-water laughs; charming lead performance; fun royal culture clash | Cons: uneven jokes; thin, predictable plot; romance subplot drags
Themes
- love of one's life
- kingdom
- love at first sight
- kiss
- lovers
- royal family
- fish out of water
- king
- double
Cast & crew
John Goodman
as Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
Peter O'Toole
as Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
John Hurt
as Lord Percival Graves
Camille Coduri
as Miranda Green
Richard Griffiths
as Duncan Phipps
Leslie Phillips
as Gordon Halliwell
James Villiers
as Prime Minister Jeffrey Hale
Joely Richardson
as Princess Anna
- NO
Niall O'Brien
as Tommy McGuire
Julian Glover
as King Gustav
Directed by David S. Ward