The King of the game: a fall for Eric Judor (review)

Nine years after the brilliant Problemos, Eric Judor returns to directing by diving into the world of medieval role-playing games. And the disappointment lives up to the expectations: immense!

In comedy, a few seconds are enough to understand that a film is going straight into the wall. A valve that falls flat. A sluggish rhythm. Uneasy first exchanges. Three symptoms that jump out at the eyes and ears at the start of the King of the Game. And all the more strongly as we impatiently awaited the return ofEric Judor feature film director nine years later Problemsshunned by the public upon its release but to which the years have given it – rightly – the status of a cult comedy.