Deborah Ross

Unforgettable story, forgettable film: The Lost King reviewed

This adaptation about an amateur historian who finds the body of Richard III under a car park should be thrilling but it falls flat

The sort of film you could do the ironing in front of: Sally Hawkins and Harry Lloyd in The Lost King. Credit: Pathé UK
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