King Ralph

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King Ralph

PG,

1991,

1h 36m,

Comedy

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31%

13 Reviews

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28%

10,000+ Ratings

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31%

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13 Reviews

28%

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10,000+ Ratings

When the royal family is accidentally killed, the heir to the throne proves to be a loutish American named Ralph Jones. Overnight, Ralph goes from sleazy Las Vegas lounge singer to King of England, and it's royal secretary Cedric Willingham's job to try to civilize him. But it's not easy weaning Ralph off of fast food, and even harder keeping him away from a kindly stripper. Meanwhile, the next would-be heir plots Ralph's demise.

Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Mar 18, 2026

3/5

‘an amusing B movie with flashes of A-movie wit…’

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Jan 20, 2023

A film simply as bad as King Ralph does not have the courage of its own impudence. [Full review in Spanish]

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Tom Cassidy

Common Sense Media

Nov 3, 2021

2/5

As the years pass, King Ralph increasingly looks like an old-fashioned minor entry in the culture clash comedy catalog.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Mar 28, 2020

2.5/4

Filmmaker David S. Ward certainly does an effective job of establishing Goodman's affable protagonist and the situation in which he finds himself...

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Mar 22, 2008

4/5

Interesting premise of Goodman becoming King works as fairly funny comedy.

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Finn P

Mar 9, 2019

Everything a reasonable person could possibly expect it to be. Clean family-friendly comedy.

George W

Jul 9, 2018

27%? Really? I love this movie. It is just the right amount of stupid with the jolly dude and the just hot enough to want girl. Feels like real people in a reall funny situation. It's not supposed to be serious, or a character study. Hey for every brilliant There Will Be Blood, I want a King Ralph or Jumpin Jack Flash.

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Anakin M

May 6, 2010

Just stupid fun. Completely implausible, but it's an entertaining premise nonetheless. This isn't one of John Goodman's better roles though. At times he was annoying. (First and only viewing - 5/23/2010)

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Harry S

Dec 13, 2007

4/21/2017: Not a good movie. I liked the cast and the plot had potential, but it just wasn't that funny.

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David S. Ward

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John Goodman

Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones

Peter O'Toole

Sir Cedric Charles Willingham

John Hurt

Lord Percival Graves

Camille Coduri

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Synopsis

When the royal family is accidentally killed, the heir to the throne proves to be a loutish American named Ralph Jones. Overnight, Ralph goes from sleazy Las Vegas lounge singer to King of England, and it's royal secretary Cedric Willingham's job to try to civilize him. But it's not easy weaning Ralph off of fast food, and even harder keeping him away from a kindly stripper. Meanwhile, the next would-be heir plots Ralph's demise.

Director: David S. Ward
Producer: Jack Brodsky
Screenwriter: David S. Ward
Production Co: Mirage Enterprises, Universal Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $31.3M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Surround

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