Too much of everything

Sadly Over-hyped

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Lost in translation with Hanks instead of Murray and Saudi Arabia instead of Japan. A lot less extravagant but also a pleasure to watch.

Pacing, structure and subject matter were off with this film. It was enjoyable enough really, however, its implementation was faulty and the directing, messy.Watching this movie, it started to feel a lot like a Sci-Fi Psychological Mystery Thriller, given the combination of the way in which the King was always being absent, the flashbacks, breaking chairs, "reasons" for constantly waking up late, the bump on his back and the overall tone of this film; even worse, how that receptionist was behaving.E.g. There was a scene where the receptionist adamantly and unapologetically said that Karim was in New York. A scene later, we find that Karim is in the very same building. Upon Alan meeting Karim, Karim seemed quite eerie. As they walk back to reception, while Alan is talking about the receptionist, she is now no longer by her desk, with the laptop off, as if, nobody was actually ever there to begin with, then as he passes, Karim doesn't even bother to look at the receptionists desk. A desk by the way, that is literally just a single desk in the middle of the foyer. And don't even get me started on the condos construction site.A Hologram For the King is funny at points, not too many though, however, there isn't much to follow in this film. What you thought it was, turns out it's not, and what it is, happens a bit late, and thus adds to what is an abrupt ending to this movie. His relationship with Yousef, the presentation, the deal and his communication with his daughter, end about the same as that wife, car and home in the beginning of the movie. 5/10.

One of the worst movies I've ever seen. I felt so uncomfortable and even confused. Was I meant to care about this man? What might have been an interesting concept of culture clash and understanding was a disjointed piece of junk. So Americans and Europeans value alcohol and sex so much they're willing to break a country's laws and customs--but don't worry because there are cool Saudi Muslims there who wear weird clothes and speak funny--but hey! They like drinking booze, having casual sex, and cussing too! Aren't we all so similar?! Yeah! Either you're a frigging' loser or a frigging' jerk, see? It's a small world.

I love Tom Hanks, but was disappointed by this film. I also found the 12 age restriction far too low for this film.I am not a Muslim, but found the sexual content and nudity of the woman who would normally even have to cover her head in public, uncomfortable and strange. The storyline was however unusual and Refreshing.