REVIEW #114 King Richard (2021)
King Richard, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green follows Richard Williams as he raises his children Serena and Venus on a strict 78 page plan. The plans has one purpose, to make them the best tennis players the world has ever seen. Battling poverty, racism and adversity we see what it took for Serena and Venus to cement their legacy in the sport. CAST & THE ACTING Will Smith leads the cast as Richard Williams and he delivers one of his best performances to date. He transforms into his character, taking on his characteristics and speech as though he really was Richard Williams himself. He was able to make the audience feel every kind of emotion at some point in the film, he even switched between the role of the good guy and the bad guy which made the character more relatable and created a realistic depiction of what he was really like. Demi Singleton and Saniyya Sidney played Serena and Venus respectively and they also did really well. The chemistry between the entire cast was one o