The Rivals of Amziah King

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The Rivals of Amziah King

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Deep within the backwoods of rural Oklahoma, charismatic and musically gifted Amziah King herds a bluegrass-playing band of misfits while overseeing the premier honey-making operation in town. When Amziah's estranged foster daughter unexpectedly returns, Amziah leaps at the possibility to renew connection and create a family business. But the honey game is ruthless, and Amziah's rivals threaten to destroy everything he has built.

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The Rivals of Amziah King is a sprawling, unpredictable, and genre-blurring epic, anchored by Matthew McConaughey's charm and Angelina LookingGlass's striking debut.

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Peter Travers

The Travers Take

1d

2.5/4

Matthew McConaughey is at his rascally best as a beekeeper, musician, fighter, dad and champion of misfits, but the scattershot movie runs away from him.

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William Bibbiani

TheWrap

1d

I like my elegiac masterpieces the way I like Matthew McConaughey: COVERED IN BEES.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

2d

3.5/4

a rollicking, bluegrass-fueled, honey-tinged slice of quirky Southern pulp; a wild yarn that becomes a rural crime drama with a heart of gold.

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Adam Olinger

Adam Does Movies (YouTube)

8h

There is a really special movie hiding somewhere in this bloated, awkwardly edited film. Twenty full minutes could be shaved off this thing, had the director lingered less on the main actress.

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Andrew Parker

The Gate

8h

8/10

It’s a movie of indulgences and payoffs that zigs and zags like an electric pulse; always knowing where it’s heading, but never taking the most expected path to get there.

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

11h

3.5/4

Not often does a film comes along that you can honestly say not recalling seeing one quite like it before. McConaughey and Angelina LookingGlass are incredible and Andrew Patterson is a name we need to see in credits regularly going forward.

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James

2h

In my opinion, it was beautifully filmed, great characters, very entertaining

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K P V

2h

My cell phone would have done a better job than this horrid filming. Music was equally bad in terms of sound. Yuck!

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Deborah Tejada

3h

This movie tried to hard to be unique ended up being disjointed.

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John

5h

The music was good! The cinematography was good! The pacing wasn't! Very slow! I fell asleep!

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J

8h

Surprised by how much I enjoyed this movie. Acting and music were superb

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Brian M

9h

It was fun, surprising, funny and heartwarming . Mathew McConaughey was moving in his upbeat portrayal of a simple Bee Keeper. A must see down to earth movie.

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Synopsis

Deep within the backwoods of rural Oklahoma, charismatic and musically gifted Amziah King herds a bluegrass-playing band of misfits while overseeing the premier honey-making operation in town. When Amziah's estranged foster daughter unexpectedly returns, Amziah leaps at the possibility to renew connection and create a family business. But the honey game is ruthless, and Amziah's rivals threaten to destroy everything he has built.

Director: Andrew Patterson
Producer: James Montague, David Heyman, Will Greenfield, Jeffrey Clifford, Teddy Schwarzman, ProducerMichael Heimler, Michael Heimler
Screenwriter: James Montague, Andrew Patterson
Distributor: Black Bear
Production Co: Black Bear
Rating: R (Language|Some Grisly Images)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 14, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 2h 10m

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