{"id":157983,"date":"2021-11-19T17:41:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T22:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=157983"},"modified":"2021-11-19T17:41:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T22:41:48","slug":"film-review-king-richard-starring-will-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/film-review-king-richard-starring-will-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Review: &#8216;King Richard&#8217; Starring Will Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Will Smith<\/strong> is <strong>Richard Williams<\/strong>, in the new feature film <em>King Richard,<\/em> opening in theaters and on HBO Max today.\u00a0 Executive produced by Smith and wife <strong>Jada<\/strong> <strong>Pinkett-Smith<\/strong>, along with <strong>Venus<\/strong> and <strong>Serena<\/strong>\u2019s half-sister <strong>Isha Price<\/strong>, <em>King Richard<\/em> is an inspirational film that chronicles the Williams sisters rise to greatness and highlights the hard work of their determined father\/coach \u2014 Richard Williams.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI fell in love with Richard Williams 20 something years ago, long before the Williams sisters were household names,\u201d Smith said in an interview with <em>The Upcoming<\/em>. Smith recalls watching Rick Williams chastise a reporter on live television back in 1995 for attempting to rattle his uber confident 14-year-old daughter Venus Williams. Smith was impressed and never forgot the look of pride on Venus\u2019 face. He knew at that moment that he wanted to be a father like that to his children. When the opportunity to portray Richard Williams came about, he jumped at the chance to \u201cshow a father protecting a daughter like that to the world,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>King Richard<\/em> shows a close and loving family \u2014 a father and a mother raising five daughters in crime-ridden Compton, California. It tells the story of a father and coach and his relentless confidence in his athlete daughters\u2019 ability to dominate in the tennis world, training young Venus and young Serena from babies to becoming two of the greatest tennis stars of all time. Instilling in them the confidence to deal with the pressure of the game as well as the racism, haterism and the fame. As a huge tennis fan himself, Rick Williams studied tennis and prepared both sisters to win trophies, make money, get endorsements and travel the world playing the sport with humility. Williams assured that the girls learn languages. Serena speaks fluent French and Italian, Venus speaks fluent Italian. Although brought up in the ghetto of Compton, he raised confident, poised, humble young Black women, prepared to travel the world as champions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>King Richard<\/em> is also the story of a loving mother, <strong>Oracene Williams<\/strong>, beautifully portrayed by <strong>Aunjanue Ellis<\/strong> (<em>LoveCraft Country, The Clark Sisters<\/em>). Oracene not only believes in her husband\u2019s dream, she is just as confident as her husband that she is raising future tennis champions, doctors and lawyers in her home. She also gets into it with her husband often when he goes too far, doesn\u2019t include the family in his decisions, or doesn\u2019t recognize her contributions to their seemingly unlikely dream. Oracene doesn\u2019t take a back seat in letting Richard drive the bus to success alone. She is a co-pilot every step of the way.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venus and Serena both helped talented young actresses <strong>Saniyya Sidney <\/strong>(<em>Fences, Hidden Figures<\/em>) who portrays Venus, and <strong>Demi Singleton<\/strong> (<em>Godfather of Harlem<\/em>) who plays Serena, prepare for their roles.\u00a0Both actresses spent months studying their counterparts moves, mannerisms and speech, and having phone conversations with the sisters. They also learned to play tennis well enough to look realistic on camera. Both girls also favor their counterparts and did a great job portraying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>King Richard<\/em> is a sports drama that tennis fans will love, but it is also a family drama that everyone will love and appreciate.\u00a0The film is about tennis but doesn\u2019t get bogged down in the technicalities and specifics of the game or in coaching. It is a film rooted in family, parenting, love and struggle. Something all of us can relate to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a tennis fan and loved the film. I also loved <strong>Beyonce\u2019s<\/strong> contribution, the song \u201cBe Alive,\u201d which matches the energy of the sisters who are also pop culture icons like Beyonce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>King Richard<\/em> is directed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reinaldo_Marcus_Green\"><strong>Reinaldo Marcus Gree<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and written by <strong>Zach Baylin<\/strong>, stars\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Will_Smith\"><strong>Will Smith<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in the title role<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aunjanue_Ellis\"><strong>Aunjanue Ellis<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saniyya_Sidney\"><strong>Saniyya Sidney<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Demi Singleton<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Goldwyn\"><strong>Tony Goldwyn<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jon_Bernthal\"><strong>Jon Bernthal<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong>\u00a0Producers include <strong>Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Tim White, Trevor White <\/strong>and <strong>Isha Price.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-19-at-10.20.14-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-157984\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-19-at-10.20.28-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-157985\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Smith is Richard Williams, in the new feature film King Richard, opening in theaters and on HBO Max today.\u00a0 Executive produced by Smith and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, along with Venus and Serena\u2019s half-sister Isha Price, King Richard is an inspirational film that chronicles the Williams sisters rise to greatness and highlights the hard work [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/film-review-king-richard-starring-will-smith\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":157985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,143,17],"tags":[35581,32558,35579,31672,35580,24474,32763,12728,10380,35578],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-157983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-read","9":"category-reviews","10":"tag-anujanue-ellis","11":"tag-demi-singleton","12":"tag-isha-price","13":"tag-king-richard","14":"tag-oracene-williams","15":"tag-saniyya-sidney","16":"tag-serena-williams","17":"tag-venus-and-serena","18":"tag-venus-williams","19":"tag-will-smith-king-richard"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Film Review: &#039;King Richard&#039; 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