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10/07/08
King Kong (1933)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:6
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: King Kong explores the soul of a monster -- making audiences scream and cry throughout the film -- in large part due to Kong's breakthrough special effects.
Runtime: 5 hrs 9 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: While shooting a jungle movie on the remote Skull Island, filmmaker Denham and his crew stumble upon a prehistoric world populated by dinosaurs and giant snakes. The most dangerous and magnificent... [More]
Starring: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
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Reviews for King Kong
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Top CriticKong mystifies as well as it horrifies, and may open up a new medium for scaring babies via the screen.
07/02/07
Top CriticWillis O'Brien did the stop-action animation for this 1933 feature, which is richer in character than most of the human cast.
07/02/07
Top CriticIn many ways, Kong is still king.
12/06/05
Top CriticThrough multiple exposures, processed 'shots' and a variety of angles of camera wizardry the producers set forth an adequate story and furnish enough thrills for any devotee of such tales.
05/20/03
Top CriticEven allowing for its slow start, wooden acting and wall-to-wall screaming, there is something ageless and primeval about King Kong that still somehow works.
02/16/02
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