Friday, June 11, 2021

Movie review: Your Highness


When his fiancée is kidnapped Prince Fabious teams up with his stoner brother, Thadeous, on orders from his father who hopes Thadeous will mature, on a quest to save her.

Danny McBride (Thadeous), James Franco (Fabious), Rasmus Hardiker (Courtney), Natalie Portman (Isabel), Toby Jones (Julie), Justin Theroux (Leezar), Zooey Deschanel (Belladonna), Charles Dance (King Tallious).

Your Highness begins by showing us Thadeous and his life along with a few other character introductions. Before long, Fabious comes home for help rescuing his kidnapped fiancée. His father the King sees this as an opportunity to force Thadeous to mature and orders the two on a quest to rescue Belladonna. The two quickly meet and team up with Isabel, a warrior on a similar path. The remainder of the film is a comedy action adventure with more than a few chuckles that travels at a good pace through the requisite Happy Ever After ending.

Acting was enjoyable with McBride and Franco both doing well delivering solid performances with plenty of laughs. Portman was a fun addition and brought nice depth to things. Hardiker was well cast and did nicely, as did Jones, Theroux, Deschanel and the remainder of the supporting cast.

Camera work, sets, and backgrounds are fun and light with reasonable fit and detail for the film. Action scenes were largely physical and well done, as were visual effects. Dialogue had some good laughs and strayed only lightly into the dramatic. Sound and soundtrack are fitting and enjoyable.

In the end, Your Highness is a fun action comedy that moves along and entertains well. Those who enjoy a silly movie will enjoy this one. Those looking for serious depth or intricate technical work will be disappointed.

With some nudity and mild sexuality, persistent crotch humor, comedic violence, blood, gore, foul language, and potentially disturbing scenes, I wish you the best of luck at keeping younger teens away from this one.

Released: 2011
Reviewed: 5.24.21
Star rating: 3 out of 5
Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Action Comedy

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