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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783288437
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0783288433
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 02, 2004
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 20497
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: February 15, 1991
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
David Ward made his reputation on his original screenplay to The Sting, but his career as a director has been built on lightweight comedies filled with generous spirit and slight aspirations. King Ralph delivers on that level. After a freak accident kills every immediate member of the British royal family, a search of the royal bloodline uncovers an unlikely candidate: portly Vegas lounge singer John Goodman. How will this gauche, exuberant, red-blooded American mix with the haughty aristocratic bluebloods? Blustery, big-hearted Goodman brings the common touch to the palace with the enthusiastic spirit of a beer-guzzling, burger-eating American everyman who hammers out a mean rock & roll piano--even at official functions. John Hurt plays his conniving rival, an overlooked lord who plots his demise, while Peter O'Toole brings quiet dignity to his role as the King's private secretary and unofficial guide through the maze of etiquette and diplomacy. Ward brings a distinctly American sensibility to the British setting-- this is definitely slapstick over satire and Goodman is a veritable bull in the royal china shop. It's a modest underdog comedy in which white hats and black hats are pretty rigidly defined, but Goodman brings a working-class dignity to the role. Watch for Joely Richardson in a hilarious turn as a throaty foreign princess who puts the moves on Goodman. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Best Comedy
Kind of makes you think about what could be if you could just forget living your everyday life style to live like a king. Isn't what its all what you think. They have so many rules and how you should act and so on.
But its very entertaining to watch..I hop you will enjoy it as much as I did. And yes,they should be more relaxed and then it wouldn't be so hard to control the country.
Rating: - Great light-hearted comedy
I love this movie!! John Goodman is at his best. This is one that I pick when I need something fun to watch. I battle long-term depression, and this has the right combo of fun, some drama, and great music performed by John Goodman -- just what the doctor ordered!!
Rating: - Ralph is best king
He doesn't know how to be a king, thats what is so funny about the movie!
Rating:  - Sometimes Painful, but Funny
The plot is simplistic, the gags are often infantile and the characters are shallow. That does not stop this film from being funny, as long as nothing cerebral is wanted.
A tragic accident wipes out most of the British royal family. Genealogist scramble to find the next in line to the throne and ulitimately, to their horror, find Ralph, a loser barfly from Las Vegas played by John Goodman.
The culture shock goes beyond European vs. American or even aristocrat vs. plebian. ... Read More
Rating: - Not too bad
King Ralph is simply an enjoyable movie. As far fetched as it, its a lot of fun.
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