William

Name: William
Genre: Drama
Released: April 12, 2019
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Brody Wilkinson, Christian Convery, Connor Wilkinson, Krystle Dos Santos, Lee Booker

2019

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Dada Films | Release Date: April 12, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Brody Wilkinson, Christian Convery, Connor Wilkinson, Krystle Dos Santos, Lee Booker, Maria Dizzia, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Nikolas Dukic, Sydney Bell, Will Brittain

Summary: Star academics Julian Reed and Barbara Sullivan fall in love with each other and with the idea of cloning a Neanderthal from ancient DNA. Against the express directive of University administrators they follow through on this audacious idea. The result is William: the first Neanderthal to walk the earth for some 35,000 years. William triesStar academics Julian Reed and Barbara Sullivan fall in love with each other and with the idea of cloning a Neanderthal from ancient DNA. Against the express directive of University administrators they follow through on this audacious idea. The result is William: the first Neanderthal to walk the earth for some 35,000 years. William tries his best to fit into the world around him. But his distinctive physical features and his unique way of thinking—his “otherness”—set him apart and provoke fear. William’s story is powerful and unique, but his struggle to find love and assert his own identity in a hostile world is universal—and timeless.… Expand

Director: Tim Disney

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Apr 11, 2019

In Disney’s hands, William eschews freak show theatrics for something much weightier. Read full review

Rex Reed

Apr 12, 2019

The welcome surprise is that it’s quite thoughtful and sensitive, thanks to a captivating performance by Will Brittain that dispels any preconceived notions of cavemen as the hairy, misshapen, grunting brutes depicted in Hal Roach’s One Million B.C. Read full review

Nick Rocco Scalia

Apr 12, 2019

This is a unique, well-acted, handsomely produced movie, overall, the kind of thoughtful and wholesome, high-concept drama that you don’t see much, anymore. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Apr 10, 2019

“William” lacks the fireworks or even high drama that would give it scale or stakes, that would make it more consequential. And its moral parable feels underdeveloped. But Disney still has managed to tell a thought-provoking story on a subject worth viewing through a lens of ethics and morality, even if he can’t quite break free of “Planet of the Apes” parallels. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Apr 12, 2019

Tim Disney’s film strikes a bland compromise between science-fantasy, suspense-melodrama and family entertainment, developing no element to a level that generates more than mild interest. It’s a polished but dull enterprise that leaves one wondering just what the filmmakers had in mind. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Apr 12, 2019

Deadly earnest in its highbrow seriousness, William would seem ripe for parody, except that "Encino Man" got there first. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Apr 12, 2019

William simply devolves into a drab, moody morality tale for parents about not treating your kids like test subjects. Read full review

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