A Hologram for the King (2016)
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Duration: 98 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom / France / Germany / Mexico / United States
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Stars: Tom Hanks, Omar Elba and Sarita Choudhury
IMDb score:
6,1 (49.629)
Releasedate: 22 April 2016
A Hologram for the King plot
"How far will you go? To find yourself."
Far away from home, in a new unfinished city in the middle of the desert of Saudi Arabia, American businessman Alan Clay (Tom Hanks) and several employees of a company specializing in holographic presentations wait day after day for King Abdullah. All this to prevent the seizure of his house and to pay for his daughter's studies. But mainly to finally achieve something great. Meanwhile, he experiences an unexpected romance and discovers what really matters in life.
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Actors and actresses
Alan Clay
Dr. Zahra Hakeem
Hanne
Dave
Ron Clay
Kitty Clay
Brad
Yousef
Ruby Clay
Maha
Reviews & comments
lver71
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- 3 messages
- 3 votes
I had a great time with this movie.
I didn't find it tedious at all and the alienating atmosphere kept me captivated until the end.
I often come to Arab countries for my work and the atmosphere, the helplessness and the situations that can arise because of the culture gap were portrayed here in a very recognizable way.
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Leno
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- 5921 messages
- 4415 votes
It didn't surprise me when I saw that the film is based on a book. As a film, the script goes in all directions and it is unclear what they want with the story. The start is quite nice; the setting is beautiful and the story is built up slowly. Then things go wrong and it is unclear what they want. Storylines are rushed and others, less interesting, suddenly get all the attention. The movie seems to end a few times but then continues for a while and then ends haphazardly.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
Watched purely and solely for the sake of Tom Hanks. The fact that this is one of the few movies I haven't seen by Hanks says a lot. And this proved to be the case, because I found this to be a fairly mediocre, uninspired film with little to it. A film in which Hanks is sent from pillar to post in Saudi Arabia because the king has better things to do than listen to his PowerPoint presentation.
Tom Hanks usually does a decent job in his movies, but the rest isn't much. The stereotypes and prejudices about the differences between West and East are thrown at you. And the ensuing romance made me curl up on my toes.
Shame, because I was looking forward to it. One to quickly forget.
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