King Richard is the most complex simple film that this reviewer has had the privilege of watching in a while. On one hand, it is a grounded, no-frills sport biopic that focuses on the actual sport. On the other, it weaves in complex topics such as racial discrimination, overbearing male patriarchs and the daddy-knows-best syndrome. It is not always successful at what it tries to do, but this is a film with its heart in the right place.
Director Reinaldo Marcus Green's movie has been accused of holding Richard Williams in reverence, to the point of being hagiographic, and we must....