King Richard Review: 7 Ups & 3 Downs

1. It's One Of The Year's Most Crowd-Pleasing Dramas

All things considered, King Richard will go down an absolute treat with both Oscar voters and general audiences who haven't had that many truly well-crafted feel-good movies to choose from this past year.

A good old-fashioned crowd-pleasing drama filled with great performances and stylish filmmaking is exactly what many are after right now, and though it's built from the standard parts, it's clearly still a film made great love and care for its subjects.

It's easy to take one look at the trailer and call it Oscar bait, but this film is sure to strike a chord far outside all the chatter about awards.

That the film is likely to connect with such a wide demographic of viewers will however only help its Oscar chances further, particularly for Smith.