Critics say its strong players can’t make up for the film’s lackluster plot.

The King’s Man, the latest installment in the popular spy franchise, is here.

“Inverse’s Jake Kleinman also remarked that “the movie’s one saving grace is its cast.”

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‘The King’s Man’.20th Century Studios

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But the film’s emotional center is basically a cream filling.”

In fact, it might be the most dad movie ever to dad movie.

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Djimon Hounsou and Ralph Fiennes in ‘The King’s Man’.20th Century Studios

Brian Tallerico (Robert Ebert)

The King’s Manis a tonal mess.

It is often stridently self-important in ways this franchise really can’t be.

Could James Bond wear a tracksuit?

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Ralph Fiennes and Harris Dickinson in ‘The King’s Man’.20th Century Studios

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