Tockinit not horrible nor great

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

GusF One of my favourite childhood films, I hadn't seen it in a little over ten years and it holds up very well. It's not quite as hilarious as it is absurd but it comes close. John Goodman and Peter O'Toole lead a great cast of mostly British character actors, particularly John Hurt, Julian Glover, James Villiers and Leslie Phillips. Joely Richardson has a great cameo as His Majesty's potential bride Princess Anna of Finland and Camille Coduri has nice chemistry with John Goodman. I never realised before this that the version that I had on video - which I taped from the BBC in the mid 1990s - edited out some of the bad language, most notably the "spotted dick" scene.This is not the cleverest or deepest film that I've ever seen but it's enormous fun. Even though I have subsequently seen almost every actor in the cast in better films, this is still the first film that I think of when I think of any of them and I'm including Peter O'Toole and John Hurt in that. When I met the now Sir John in UCD in 2009, however, I decided not to mention that!

billcr12 John Goodman is Ralph, an American lounge singer who is the last distant relative of the royal family of Wyndham who are electrocuted by a photographer in a freak accident. He is told by some British detectives that he is the grandson of a duke who had a fling with a hotel maid, and now he is the king. He is flown to England and given a crash course in their history and culture. He meets a stripper, Miranda Greene at a club and asks her out. She hides in the background while he assumes the throne. He becomes popular, as a plain speaking blue collar guy. A marriage to a Princess Anna of Finland is arranged but he hears her deep voice and is quickly turned off. He instead hooks up with Miranda and eventually abdicates the throne. In between, he plays cricket, imitating his hero, Babe Ruth, and sings Good Golly Miss Molly, while playing a harpsichord. Goodman reminds me of John Candy, with the same affable manner. King Ralph works as a light comedy.

FlashCallahan After the entire royal family is killed in a freak accident, they begin to look for the closest living heir to the throne.Enter Ralph Jones; a loud Las Vegas entertainer who definitely doesn't look part of the royal family.Sir Cedric Charles Willingham who makes it his job to transfer Regular Ralph into King Ralph.However, there are other plans for King Ralph hidden in the shadows.This is one of those films that hasn't aged well, and was a vehicle for Goodman, who was at the height of his popularity thanks to 'Roseanne'. The set up is simple and quite effective, and although the laughs are not of the belly nature, it raises the spirits for it's running time.Supported by an eclectic cast of Brits, Goodman does the part well, instantly likable and full of empathy.All Hurt needed was a sneer to be a full on pantomime villain, but never overacts during the movie and O' Toole is a s good as ever.Not a massive hit when first released back in 1991, King Ralph is one of those movies that will please most people when it's on TV, and will raise a smirk or two.

moviedude1 I can't help but chuckle every time I see this film, but I know that just the thought of something like this happening makes about 100 people with calculators sit up and start crunching numbers of the possibility of something like this happening.John Goodman plays a down on his luck performer that, as it turns out, goes from distant family to the throne of England to instant family on the throne. The only problem is that he's had no refinement and leaves a lot to be desired in the courtesy department. If one plus one equals two, then this combination equals a comedy that can't be matched...on ANY level.I'm not saying this is the best comedy of all time, but what I am saying is that this film, if you rent it, is a nice quiet evening that will not offend many people and leaves the lead actor in a familiar base for him: a place where he's supposed to seem unfamiliar. Everybody remembers him as Dan Connor, but how many of you reading this remember he was the head football coach in Revenge of the Nerds? Goodman was an excellent choice for this part because of his range as an actor and his on-screen chemistry with Camille Coduri was priceless, too, as I felt that they represented the kind of relationship that everybody would like.So, hats off (or crowns, if you will) to David S Ward for this film. I just got in here to give this comment and my next stop is to see what else this director has done. 7 out of 10 stars.