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That was an excellent one.

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

The movie focuses on two main characters - a mentally ill musician who believes he has discovered buried treasure and is ready to go to the extreme for it, and his teenage daughter struggling alone to make ends meet. Within 1,5 hours, we see them consenting and disagreeing, as their recent years have been so different - the parent in a closed institution leading "calm" life, the daughter had to leave school and start coping in "real", hectic life. The pace is, however, not even, some scenes are unnecessary or protracted, turns appear arduously, but thanks to Michael Douglas and Evan Rachel Wood as leading characters, it is not boring to watch; Douglas, above all, gives a performance not customary to him, proving again that he is a strong and versatile actor.If you have followed Sundance movies, you would likely appreciate King of California as well.

I've worked at blockbuster. I've worked a Hollywood video. I've seen thousands of movies.This breaks the top 100 all time for me.Apparently my review wasn't long enough.....hm.....The acting was great, the main character was zany, the chemistry and relationship of the two (evan rachel wood and michael douglass) was sensational throughout, and the movie just felt.....i don't know....unconventional. Something new, something fresh, something that I hadn't been seen done before - not like this. I wonder if Michael Douglass hit that......

King of California ("KOC") is one of those movies where if you don't pay attention, you might miss the punch-line.Basically what is boils down to is this: The slight zaniness of Charlie (Michael Douglas) in his search for long lost treasure, is a metaphor for the long-standing allure California has had on hundreds of thousands (millions) of people over the years.Like moths to a flame, the intangible allure which is the promise of a better life, has drawn legions of seekers to California over the years.But the genius of KOC is that it waits to the ending scenes to confirm for us the viewers that Charlie's obsession is, by the standards of the allure of California, 100% correct, 100% valid and in his instance, it actually pays off for his beloved (and loving) daughter in the end.Think carefully about the symbolism of the illegal immigrants emerging for the ocean in the movie's final scene and also about the scene in which Charlie last appears and you'll make the connection regarding the utter immersion which the allure of personal fulfillment compels people to. People want the dreams of their lives to be fulfilled and they will indeed throw caution to the wind seeking it.The symbolism of the Costco (so much is there, it has everything) is also a metaphor for California itself.I'll leave the rest to the viewers, but I'll just say that Evan Rachel Wood is very believable as a loving daughter and Willis Burks's ingenuity in the Costco scene is for me a modern version of the can-do pioneering spirit which carried people westward in the past.

play a crazy guy, then this is right up your alley. Douglas plays a recently released bi polar patient that goes to live with his 16 year old daughter. His daughter dropped out of school and says she's been working full time at McDonald's since he got sent away. Now that part is not believable because there are labor laws and a 15 year old could not just get around them.Once he comes home, he has this crazy idea that there is buried treasure. So he goes on all these hunts using metal detectors, back hoes, the stars and his daughter goes along with it. She doesn't even try to tell him it's the delusions, she does his crazy schemes. Then she gets mad when he sells her car and takes out loans on the house he can't pay.So the ending was pretty cool. They break into a Costco because he believes that is where the treasure is buried. And the daughter gets a sort of fairy tale ending.FINAL VERDICT: OK, it was entertaining and a short movie. Worth watching on cable.