In the wake of Will Smith’s resignation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, we take another look at the performance that won him an Oscar. Here's where to stream “King Richard,” what our critics had to say and what to watch next.
Let’s be honest, King Richard is nowhere near being a favorite for best picture. Some would even suggest an unpretentious sports biopic like this doesn’t even belong at the awards top table. But isn’t that what they said about Venus and Serena Williams? King Richard is an underdog movie about underdogs, and if the notion of the lowly outsider overcoming daunting odds sounds too Hollywood to swallow, well tough: this actually happened.
Richard Williams’ story is absurdly improbable, on the face of it: a working-class Black man from Compton, Los Angeles, who decides he is going to coach his two daughters