An inspiring, if frustrating, portrayal of the Williams sisters’ coach and dad

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An inspiring, if frustrating, portrayal of the Williams sisters’ coach and dad
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Celebrating Richard’s superhuman optimism, bravado and tirelessness, the film serves up the kind of inspirational, rags-to-extreme-riches fairy tale which rallies audiences and wins awards

may be two of the greatest sportspeople ever. Yet it is their father who has been granted a biopic while they are still waiting for theirs. Twenty years on from playing a champion himself in “Ali”, Will Smith stars as the middle-aged Richard Williams. At the start of “King Richard”, around 1990, he shares a small bungalow in Compton, Los Angeles, with his wife Oracene “Brandy” Price , his three step-daughters, and the couple’s two biological daughters, Venus and Serena .

The black people in the area are not encouraging. One neighbour decides that Richard is too tough on his children, and summons the police to intervene. A gang of hoodlums harasses him so often that the girls regularly greet their mother with a matter-of-fact “Daddy got beat up again”. The white people who live farther afield are just as unhelpful. Richard tours LA’s exclusive country clubs, handing out photocopied pamphlets to the cocktail-sipping patrons, in hope of sponsorship.

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