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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: First Look Pictures
Salesrank: 17617
Released: January 29, 2008 |
| Our Price: $3.64 |
| Used Price: $0.11 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
AN UNSTABLE DAD WHO AFTER GETTING OUT OF A MENTAL INSTITUTION TRIES TO CONVINCE HIS DAUGHTER THAT THERE'S SPANISH GOLD BURIED SOMEWHERE UNDER SUBURBIA.
Description of King of California:
Michael Douglas is such a great dramatic actor (not to mention villain) that it's worth remembering what a strong comedic performer he can be (War of the Roses, Romancing the Stone). In King of California, he digs into his offbeat lighter role with relish and vigor. Yet he softens the scene-chewing with appropriate poignancy, given that he's playing a mentally ill deadbeat who's essentially left his daughter to raise herself--and him. Douglas plays Charlie, a troubled yet good-humored musician who's just been released from institutional care. Evan Rachel Wood is his wise-beyond-her-years daughter, Miranda, who pays the bills, keeps house, and even buys a car as an unlicensed 15-year-old. The film examines the bond between troubled dad and grounded teen, and it's to both actors' credit that the slight (and slightly incredulous) plot doesn't diminish the impact of their love or anguish.
Charlie's convinced a buried Spanish treasure lies beneath the local Costco (one of many companies given costar billing; others include McDonald's, Petco, Target, and Chuck E. Cheese). The plot follows Charlie's single-minded, impossible-dream journey, while the world-weary Miranda is resigned to following ("Time to get on that old bipolar pony and ride," she mutters). But along the way, dad and daughter find true ways to reconnect, and therein lies the true majesty of King of California --A.T. Hurley
King of California Reviews:
A Few Laughs... 
2009-06-01 - ... and an adroit portrayal of a nut-case California libertarian dysfunctional father with a heart (or possibly a whole chest) of gold. If you've ever lived in California, especially southern, you're excused; you don't need to see it, you can just sit on a step-ladder in your patio and watch your neighbors. Otherwise, you might not feel too bad about wasting an hour-and-a-half on a film that aspires to be as wildly sardonic as a Coen Brothers movie, but ends up as sappy as Gidget.
Oh yeah, the young woman, Evan Rachel, deserves another chance, in a stronger role. But please, don't cast her as a precocious seventeen-year-old again!
Awesome movie, decent picture. 
2009-05-01 - Movie is great, picture quality I'd give a 4, a few dark scenes with a good amount of grain.
Fantasy
2009-04-06 - Charlie Sheen certainly shows just exactly what the imagination can do to lead us on a merry chase after the impossible dream. The film brings out the true feelings that many viewers may have in reagrds to following the rainbow to find the pot of gold.
King of California - Blu-ray Info
2009-01-31 - Version: U.S.A / First Look Pictures / Region A, B, C
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
VC-1 BD-25 / AACS / Advanced Profile 3
Running time: 1:33:19
Movie size: 13,25 GB
Disc size: 16,29 GB
Total bit rate: 18.94 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 15.99 Mbps
DTS Audio English 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Subtitles: English SDH / Spanish
Number of chapters: 12
#Audio commentary
#Outtakes - (SD - 4m:43s)
#Featurette: The Making of King of California (SD - 9m:59s)
#Theatrical Trailer (HD - 2m:23s)
#Previews (HD)
Where did this move hide? 
2009-01-15 - Had not heard of this movie before and was delighted to have "discovered" it. Great entertainment.
