The Rivals of Amziah King

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The Rivals of Amziah King

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In Theaters Aug 14

2h 10m

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Deep within the backwoods of rural Oklahoma, charismatic and musically gifted Amziah King herds a bluegrass-playing band of misfits while overseeing the premier honey-making operation in town. When Amziah's estranged foster daughter unexpectedly returns, Amziah leaps at the possibility to renew connection and create a family business. But the honey game is ruthless, and Amziah's rivals threaten to destroy everything he has built.

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The Rivals of Amziah King is a sprawling, unpredictable, and genre-blurring epic, anchored by Matthew McConaughey's charm and Angelina LookingGlass's striking debut.

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Andrew Patterson

Director

Matthew McConaughey

Actor

Kurt Russell

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Cole Sprouse

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Tony Revolori

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Rob Morgan

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

1h

A cinematic buffet of all-you-can-eat incongruity that adds up to one tasty dish. At once a toe-tapping musical, a Gothic whodunnit, a jaw-dropping dark comedy and a hardboiled revenge flick, The Rivals of Amziah King is a Southern-fried delight.

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Mark Kennedy

Associated Press

2h

2/4

Patterson likes to remind viewers of his Oklahoma bona fides, but much of the overlong movie was shot in Alabama. And that hints at what’s wrong with The Rivals of Amziah King -- it just doesn’t feel authentic, either in place or in story.

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Gregory Nussen

Slant Magazine

3d

2/4

The film’s first half is rollicking and textured with a lived-in, distinctly Southern feel, but director Andrew Patterson ultimately does way too much to endear us to it.

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

3h

B+

Patterson asks a lot of his audience with a 130-minute-long run time, but he maintains a strange flavor to his filmmaking, and acting can’t be beat, helping to realize cultural touches and atypical emotions spinning around this offering.

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Christopher Lloyd

The Film Yap

6h

3.5/5

A bracingly original and lyrical film -- part bluegrass church revival, part crime procedural, part humanist allegory -- starring Matthew McConaughey as a beekeeper who rediscovers his foster daughter

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Joey Magidson

Awards Radar

13h

3/4

The Rivals of Amziah King is a shaggy and unpredictable surprise.

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Synopsis

Deep within the backwoods of rural Oklahoma, charismatic and musically gifted Amziah King herds a bluegrass-playing band of misfits while overseeing the premier honey-making operation in town. When Amziah's estranged foster daughter unexpectedly returns, Amziah leaps at the possibility to renew connection and create a family business. But the honey game is ruthless, and Amziah's rivals threaten to destroy everything he has built.

Director: Andrew Patterson
Producer: James Montague, David Heyman, Will Greenfield, Jeffrey Clifford, Teddy Schwarzman, ProducerMichael Heimler, Michael Heimler
Screenwriter: James Montague, Andrew Patterson
Distributor: Black Bear
Production Co: Black Bear
Rating: R (Language|Some Grisly Images)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 14, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 2h 10m

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