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Life of a King

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Life of a King

Drama, 2013 (Ongoing)

Life of a King is the true story of one man's inspiring mission to better the future of inner-city youth in Washington, D.C. After being incarcerated for 18 years, Eugene Brown (Academy Award®-winner Cuba Gooding, Jr.) established the Big Chair Chess Club to help pull kids off the streets. Using the simple chess-inspired motto "think before you move," Brown helped give troubled students something that he never had: a future.

Run time: 1 hr and 41 min

Mature Themes

Rotten Tomatoes® Scores

Critic Score

38%

Audience Score

68%

Critic Consensus

Though ostensibly based on a true story, the film feels like it has been finessed, exaggerated, and beaten into formulaic fiction. It's a twisted parody of high school and mentoring whose achievements are entirely accidental.

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