World's Best

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World's Best

PG,

2023,

1h 41m,

Musical/

Comedy/

Adventure

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12 Reviews

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82%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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12 Reviews

82%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

In "World's Best," 12-year-old mathematics genius Prem Patel (Manny Magnus), in the midst of navigating the tumultuous hardships of adolescence, discovers his recently deceased father was a famous rapper and immediately sets out to pursue a career for himself as a rap superstar. While his actions may appear reckless and the quickest way for him to lose everything, Prem, empowered by imaginative hip-hop music-fueled fantasies where he performs with his father (Utkarsh Ambudkar), is determined to find out if hip-hop truly is in his DNA. As his father always used to say, "the world's best never rest."

Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

Jun 27, 2023

These lessons may be corny, but when set to the right beat, they’re still catchy.

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Amy Nicholson

New York Times

Jun 23, 2023

Suresh performed in the aughts, but wears ’90s Timberlands and worships the ’80s hitmaker Doug E. Fresh. Maybe the whiz kid can calculate the rate at which nostalgia flattens time? Yet, the script is otherwise attuned to the emotional and comedic details

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Robert Levin

Newsday

Jun 23, 2023

3/4

The musical sequences are great, but there's much more to "World's Best" than that.

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Rachel Wagner

Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)

Jan 8, 2024

I loved the relationship between father and son and their bond

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Emma Clark-Dow

The Post NZ

Jul 14, 2023

An extremely wholesome, kid-friendly watch.

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Joel Keller

Decider

Jul 5, 2023

The story doesn’t have the extreme highs and lows of other coming-of-age films, but that just leads to a story that more closely resembles real life than most films in this genre.

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Roshan Sethi

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Manny Magnus

Prem Patel

Utkarsh Ambudkar

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Punam Patel

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Jake Choi

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In "World's Best," 12-year-old mathematics genius Prem Patel (Manny Magnus), in the midst of navigating the tumultuous hardships of adolescence, discovers his recently deceased father was a famous rapper and immediately sets out to pursue a career for himself as a rap superstar. While his actions may appear reckless and the quickest way for him to lose everything, Prem, empowered by imaginative hip-hop music-fueled fantasies where he performs with his father (Utkarsh Ambudkar), is determined to find out if hip-hop truly is in his DNA. As his father always used to say, "the world's best never rest."

Director: Roshan Sethi
Producer: Thomas Kail, Kate Sullivan-Green
Screenwriter: Utkarsh Ambudkar, Jamie King, Utkarsh Ambudkar
Distributor: Disney+
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: PG (Some Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Musical, Comedy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 23, 2023
Runtime: 1h 41m

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