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- 2012
- Not Rated
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- 1 h 24 m
- 2012
- Not Rated
- GoDigital
- 1 h 24 m
Summary Made entirely from camera-phone footage, KING KELLY is a journey into hedonistic American youth culture and the YouTube generation.
Directed By: Andrew Neel
Written By: Mike Roberts, Andrew Neel
- 2012
- Not Rated
- GoDigital
- 1 h 24 m
- 2012
- Not Rated
- GoDigital
- 1 h 24 m
King Kelly
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Summary Made entirely from camera-phone footage, KING KELLY is a journey into hedonistic American youth culture and the YouTube generation.
Directed By: Andrew Neel
Written By: Mike Roberts, Andrew Neel
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
66
67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
17% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It's an unflinching update to media scholar Neil Postman's prophetic claim about the deadly impact of television on cultural identity: Smartphones in hand, we face the danger of filming ourselves to death.
Director Andrew Neel has hit upon a compelling reason for the found-footage gimmick: to indict a narcissistic generation who think their phones make them royalty.
King Kelly is a broad indictment of the emptier side of self-documentation and a more nuanced one of the Internet as a source of affirmation.
The movie's other master stroke is the artfully unhinged lead performance of Louisa Krause as the despicable King Kelly, a character who would have been ready-made for Tuesday Weld.
Sadly, this film's POV conceit -- in which all scenes are shot by the characters, whether they have a plausible reason to hold the camera up or not -- quickly becomes as grating as Kelly herself.
The film decides very early on, as part of its premise, to reduce Louisa Krause's King Kelly to a one-dimensional narcissist.
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Production Company
SeeThink Films
Release Date Nov 30, 2012
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline ...No one will believe me when I post this
Awards
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Zurich Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
