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Your Highness

R

Released Apr 8, 2011

1h 42m

Comedy

Adventure

List

27%

Tomatometer

184 Reviews

34%

Audience Score

50,000+ Ratings

Prince Thadeous (Danny McBride) has always lived his life in the shadow of his brother, the heir apparent, Prince Fabious (James Franco). Tired of always being passed over, Thadeous is now content to slack off, drink mead and enjoy the company of a maiden or two, while Fabious has fabulous adventures. But when an evil wizard kidnaps Fabious' fiancee (Zooey Deschanel), Thadeous has no choice but to find his inner hero and join his brother's quest to save her.

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Critics Consensus

Big budgets and costumes in service of scatalogical jokes may seem funny on paper, but in execution this is a highly monotonous romp that registers only occasional laughs.

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Scott Foundas

Film Comment Magazine

Your Highness never sacrifices its cheerful, one-thing-after-another absurdity, or its inability to take itself even remotely seriously.

Jun 20, 2013

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Roger Moore

Tribune News Service

Quite a comedown and a buzz kill, after "Pineapple Express."

Rated: 2/4

Jan 12, 2013

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Leonard Maltin

indieWire

In theory, I suppose it would be funny-and incongruous-if in the middle of a serious costume drama a noble action hero uttered a four-letter word. Hearing Danny McBride do just that, repeatedly, in Your Highness not only isn't funny but grows wearisome...

Aug 12, 2011

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

More than just disappointing, this movie is painful and a chore to endure to the end.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 31, 2023

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Does not derive a single insensible laugh. [Full review in Spanish]

Aug 9, 2022

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

Your Highness is a depressing, dated and desperately dull amalgam.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 30, 2021

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Loman C

absoloute perfection

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/31/24

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alan g

Horrible movie. Danny McBride very unfunny as usual. James Franco wooden. Waste of Natalie Portman who deserve better.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/26/24

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Stacey L

This could have been a much better movie without Danny McBride. Almost every-time he delivers a line, I'm pulled out of the period . Thoroughly disappointing for how good this movie looks.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/05/24

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Courtney C

Great, silly comedy!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/11/24

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Haley P

It might be one big sex joke with fantastic costumes and expensive sets but I couldn't stop laughing

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/03/24

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michael b

Hilarious movie with a lot of gags! Best viewed after a long day of work for a relaxing evening entertainment.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/07/23

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David Gordon Green

Director

Danny McBride

Thadeous

James Franco

Fabious

Natalie Portman

Isabel

Zooey Deschanel

Belladonna

Justin Theroux

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Your Highness: Official Clip - A Love So True

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Your Highness: Official Clip - The Fair Isabel

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Your Highness: Official Clip - I Want to Be King

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Your Highness: Official Clip - I'm the Chosen One

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Your Highness: Official Clip - Sex By Campfire

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Your Highness: Official Clip - Things Get Very Nasty

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Your Highness: Official Clip - Storming the Castle

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Your Highness: Official Clip - Stealing the Bride

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Your Highness: Official Clip - The Blade of Unicorn

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Your Highness: Official Clip - The Wise Wizard

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Synopsis

Prince Thadeous (Danny McBride) has always lived his life in the shadow of his brother, the heir apparent, Prince Fabious (James Franco). Tired of always being passed over, Thadeous is now content to slack off, drink mead and enjoy the company of a maiden or two, while Fabious has fabulous adventures. But when an evil wizard kidnaps Fabious' fiancee (Zooey Deschanel), Thadeous has no choice but to find his inner hero and join his brother's quest to save her.

Director: David Gordon Green
Producer: Scott Stuber
Screenwriter: Danny McBride, Ben Best
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Stuber Pictures, Bluegrass Films, Universal Pictures
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Nudity|Some Drug Use|Strong Crude Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 8, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.6M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby SRD, DTS

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