Kenneth Turan of the LA Times in recommending "The King of California" writes:
At the age of sixteen, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) has already had to live with her share of disappointments. Abandoned by her mother, she's dropped out of school and has been supporting herself as an employee at McDonald's while her father Charlie (Michael Douglas) resides in a mental institution. When Charlie is released and sent back to their home, Miranda finds the relatively peaceful existence she's built for herself completely disrupted. Charlie has become obsessed with the notion that the long-lost treasure of Spanish explorer Father Juan Florismarte Garces is buried somewhere near their suburban California housing unit. Armed with a metal detector and a stack of treasure-hunting books, Charlie soon finds reason to believe that the gold resides underneath the local Costco, and encourages Miranda to get a job there so that they can plan a way to excavate after hours.
Showtimes and tickets online for the King of California from Fandango
Release Date: September 2007
1 hr. 33 min.
PG-13
Cast: Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood, Willis Burks II, Laura Kachergus, Paul Lieber, Kathleen Wilhoite
Director: Michael Cahill
Genre: Comedy Drama, Family Drama
Douglas and Evan Rachel Wood are heartbreaking and hilarious as a modern-day Prospero (here called Charlie) and Miranda trying in vain to make sense of the brave new world that has overtaken their old one and in a quixotic quest for a long-buried fortune in Spanish gold. A fable set in the most banal, prosaic real world imaginable, Cahill's observations of the details of the modern world earn him the right to be whimsical. (Kenneth Turan capsule review of The King of California)Synopsis:
At the age of sixteen, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) has already had to live with her share of disappointments. Abandoned by her mother, she's dropped out of school and has been supporting herself as an employee at McDonald's while her father Charlie (Michael Douglas) resides in a mental institution. When Charlie is released and sent back to their home, Miranda finds the relatively peaceful existence she's built for herself completely disrupted. Charlie has become obsessed with the notion that the long-lost treasure of Spanish explorer Father Juan Florismarte Garces is buried somewhere near their suburban California housing unit. Armed with a metal detector and a stack of treasure-hunting books, Charlie soon finds reason to believe that the gold resides underneath the local Costco, and encourages Miranda to get a job there so that they can plan a way to excavate after hours.
Showtimes and tickets online for the King of California from Fandango
Release Date: September 2007
1 hr. 33 min.
PG-13
Cast: Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood, Willis Burks II, Laura Kachergus, Paul Lieber, Kathleen Wilhoite
Director: Michael Cahill
Genre: Comedy Drama, Family Drama
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