The King s Daughter | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | April 20, 2022
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The CGI is awful, especially contrasted against many prolonged slo-mo shots of wealth. A bloated fantasy romance. Shiny and flawed.
| genre | Drama | Fantasy | Romance |
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| synopsis | King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate daughter's discovery of the creature. |
| lead actors | Pierce Brosnan | Kaya Scodelario | Benjamin Walker | William Hurt | Julie Andrews | Fan Bingbing | Pablo Schreiber | Ben Lloyd-Hughes | Rachel Griffiths | Paul Ireland | Crystal Clarke | Kaya Blocksage | Kasia Kaczmarek | Tom Morton | Tiffany Hofstetter | Jessica Clarke | Virginia Bowers | Marc de Panda | Jorja Lindsay | Diane Duquesne | Jean-Baptiste Sagory |
| director | Sean McNamara |