A Hologram for the King (2016)
"How far will you go? To find yourself."
Critics Score
🎬 64%
(RT: 70%, MC: 58) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Is A Hologram for the King good?
It's divisive. Only 64% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 64%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
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