The King's Daughter

The King's Daughter

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.

  • Released: 2022-01-21
  • Runtime: 94 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
  • Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Kaya Scodelario, Benjamin Walker, Rachel Griffiths, Julie Andrews, Fan Bingbing, William Hurt, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Paul Ireland, Pablo Schreiber, 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
 Comments
  • roses-in-the-snow - 5 January 2024
    Acting is tolerable, costumer should be fired
    For review of the plot, read other reviews...

    The costuming is AWFUL. Late 17th to early 18th century French court was visually *stunning*. Extant clothes from the time are brightly colored, with huge skirts and layers of ruffles. This was a time of huge silk imports and fantastical wigs.

    What do we get in this movie?

    2010s high fashion on a shoestring budget. The colors are there, but the silhouette is nowhere to be found. Pencil skirts, no one wearing sleeves. Ugh.

    Mirror Mirror did better 18th century dresses, and that's a fairytale.

    Frankly, the lack of costuming knowledge makes this movie unwatchable.
  • Thanos_Alfie - 6 March 2023
    Poor...
    "The King's Daughter" is an Action - Adventure movie in which we watch King Louis XIV capturing a creature that can give him immortality. Things get complicated when his daughter discover the creature and finds out the truth behind its capture.

    I did not have high expectations from this movie so the disappointment was not a problem. The plot was simple, boring and without any imagination in order to become interesting. The interpretations of Pierce Brosnan who played as King Louis XIV, Kaya Scodelario who played as Marie-Josephe and Benjamin Walker who played as Captain Yves, followed the mediocrity of the whole movie and did not succeed on saving it. Lastly, I have to say that "The King's Daughter" is another poor adventure movie and I do not recommend anyone to watch it.
  • mattpberinger - 26 September 2022
    Nice and charming story
    Finally a new creation for lovers of adventure & historical romance, which unfolds with a mystical twist. King Louis XIV became worried about his own mortality, and decided to enlist a crew of fisherman lead by Yves DeLaCroix (Benjamin Walker) to capture a female mermaid (Fan Bingbing) who will be sacrificed in a ceremony performed during an eclipse, which will allow the king to gain immortality. Brosnan as the king and Hurt as the priest Pere la Chaise are amazing in depicting the majesty of Versailles, and Kaya Scodelario as the estranged king's daughter who grew up in a convent is the ultimate heroine of the whole story. And a science vs religion debate running throughout the storyline, pointing to moral values, adds a welcomed depth to the subject. A great story for 10yr old and up. Bravo!
  • eruan - 22 May 2022
    Don't overthink it.
    If you don't look for historical verisimilitude and just let it be itself, it's quite a nice divergence. Just enjoy it. It is imaginative, charming, and quite well acted. I now want to read the book in which it's based.