The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 71% based on 111 reviews, with an average rating of 6.46/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "While The King is sometimes less than the sum of its impressive parts, strong source material and gripping performances make this a period drama worth hailing."[23] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 61 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[24]