A Hologram for the King

2016

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

144
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 70% · 149 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 54% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 50204 50.2K

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Plot summary

Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.

Director

Tom Tykwer Photo
Tom Tykwer

Top cast

Tom Hanks Photo
Tom Hanks as Alan
Rolf Saxon Photo
Rolf Saxon as Joe Trivoli
Tom Skerritt Photo
Tom Skerritt as Ron
Ben Whishaw Photo
Ben Whishaw as Dave
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721.19 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 2
1.49 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Reno 4 / 10

**About a salesman who went to sell his

**About a salesman who went to sell his product sold himself.** I like this director, one of his film was in my all time favourite list. But I'm not sure what happened to him lately, he's not the same as what he was a decade ago. This is his worse to far I've seen. He's better than this, but he chose a wrong book. It was based on the book of the same name that tells the story of an American salesman whose last chance to get back on the track goes to saudiarabia to sell his product to the king. But the king's unexpected last minute reschedules avoids his meeting and so it continues like that for some time. In his those spare time, how he explores the desert country and its culture, including an unexpected feeling for a local lady doctor was told. Seems a fine material for the reading, the cinematically it did not have the same appeal. I haven't read the book, but it is short and lacks in detail it deals. The main character remains a mystery for not properly revealing his history, especially for the no flashback, which would have put him is a good position. That's why it looks just a mid story, that begins in a mid way of someone's life. Though Tom Hanks was good, like usual in another unique role. The film is about arebia, but it was shot in Morocco and Egypt. There's no big contribution from the supporting characters, except two. Sarita Choudury, especially Alexander Black transformed completely to a real areb and they both put a good show as well. The film was below average. Since it was a Hanks' film I anticipated something strong. It was something, but not the something I was looking for. Watchable film, but skipping it won't make any regret if you're okay with skipping an Hanks film. All the above his fans are very disappointed, so I hope his next film 'The Circle' would make us this one to forget. 4/10
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Reviewed by DKosty123 5 / 10

Loction Shots are the Best Feature

Sometimes, even Tom Hanks can not save a movie. This is one of those times. It's not his fault. If only the script matched up to the location shooting, this would be a great picture. Unfortunately, that is where this film falls woefully short.

The story is about a presentation of a hologram product by a Boston company to the king of Saudi Arabia. It is really strangely void of any plot or drama until the latter part of the film where a romance between Hanks and a Saudi woman doctor is kind of thrown in to put some movement into the film.

There are some hints of information about cultural differences that exist in Saudi Arabia, but those references are few and not enough. It made me ask why they could not have made the script better by finding more of these. A Tom Hanks fan who watched the movie with me said "Yes, even Tom Hanks can make boring films." In this case, that sums this movie up accurately.

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