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King's Ransom
King's Ransom
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Jeffrey W. Byrd
Written by	Wayne Conley
Produced by	Darryl Taja
Starring	Anthony Anderson; Jay Mohr; Kellita Smith; Nicole Parker; Regina Hall; Loretta Devine; Donald Faison; Charlie Murphy; Brooke D'Orsay; Leila Arcieri;
Cinematography	Robert McLachlan
Edited by	Jeffrey Cooper
Music by	Marcus Miller
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	April 22, 2005;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$4,143,652

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King's Ransom is a 2005 American black comedy film directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd and written by Wayne Conley, who was a writer for the Nickelodeon TV series, Kenan & Kel. The film stars Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, Kellita Smith, Regina Hall, Donald Faison, Nicole Ari Parker, Charlie Murphy, Loretta Devine, Brooke D'Orsay, and Leila Arcieri. King's Ransom was released in the United States on April 22, 2005, and was a critical and commercial failure, grossing $4,143,652 against a budget of $15 million.

Plot

Malcolm King is a wealthy, selfish, obnoxious businessman who is about to divorce his wife Renee. She plans to ruin him financially during the court proceedings, and King is willing to do anything to protect his fortune.

He enlists his mistress, Peaches, and her brother, Herb, to stage a mock kidnapping. They are to make and receive a huge ransom demand, which would keep the money safe from his wife.

Unfortunately for him, two other people have similar plans to kidnap him; Angela, an aggrieved employee and Corey, a good-natured yet hapless nobody who lives in his grandmother's basement and needs $10,000 after being threatened by his adopted sister.

Cast

Anthony Anderson as Malcolm King
Jay Mohr as Corey
Kellita Smith as Renee King
Donald Faison as Andre
Regina Hall as Peaches Clarke
Nicole Ari Parker as Angela Drake
Loretta Devine as Miss Gladys
Charlie Murphy as Herb Clarke
Leila Arcieri as Kim Baker
Brooke D'Orsay as Brooke Mayo
Roger Cross as Byron
Jackie Burroughs as Granny
Christian Potenza as Officer Holland
Lawrence Dane as Detective Conley
Lisa Marcos as Raven
Robert Norman Smith as David
Brenda Chrichlow as Anita
Carrie Colak as Lori
Kwasi Songui as Ronald
Ingrid Hart as Sheila
Luis Oliva as Pablo
Ilona Elkin as Rachel
Nicolas Wright as Timmy
Lila Yee as Miss Ho

Reception

Box office

King's Ransom was produced on a $15 million budget, but only grossed $2,137,685 on its opening weekend and ranked at #10 at the box office. It was released in 1,508 theaters and had $1,417 average. The film eventually closed on June 2, 2005 upon grossing $4,008,527 in the domestic market, and $135,125 in the foreign market for a worldwide total of $4,143,652. Altogether, the film ended up a huge disappointment, commercially.^[1]

Critical response

King’s Ransom received severely negative reviews from film critics.

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 2% based on 50 reviews, with an average rating of 2.4/10. The site's consensus states: "Filled with crass dialogue, unlikable characters, and overdone slapstick gags, King's Ransom is an utterly inept would-be comedy."^[2] On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score, the film has a score of 11 out of 100 based on 13 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike".^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "King's Ransom (2005)". Box Office Mojo.
^ "King's Ransom". Rotten Tomatoes.
^ "King's Ransom Reviews". Metacritic.

External links

King's Ransom at AllMovie
King's Ransom at IMDb

[mojo-1] "King's Ransom (2005)". Box Office Mojo.

[2] "King's Ransom". Rotten Tomatoes.

[3] "King's Ransom Reviews". Metacritic.

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