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King Kong (2005)

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Reviews Counted:241

Fresh:201

Rotten:40

Average Rating:7.7/10

Consensus: Peter Jackson’s dream project is as good as event movies get; King Kong is visually spectacular and emotionally resonant.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for frightening adventure violence and some disturbing images

Runtime: 3 hr. 7 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure

Theatrical Release: Dec 14, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $218.1M

Synopsis: Flamboyant, foolhardy documentary filmmaker, Carl Denham, sails off to remote Skull Island to film his latest epic with leading lady, Ann Darrow.... Flamboyant, foolhardy documentary filmmaker, Carl Denham, sails off to remote Skull Island to film his latest epic with leading lady, Ann Darrow. Native warriors kidnap Ann to use as a sacrifice as they summon "Kong" with the local witch doctor. But instead of devouring Ann, Kong saves her. Kong is eventually taken back to New York where he searches high and low for Ann, eventually winding up at the top of the Empire State Building, facing off against a fleet of World War I fighter planes. [More]

Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann

Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Jamie Bell, Evan Parke, Lobo Chan, Kyle Chandler, Andy Serkis, John Sumner, Craig Hall

Director: Peter Jackson

Director: Peter Jackson
Screenwriter: Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh
Producer: Peter Jackson
Distributor: Universal Pictures

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Full Review Source: Movies.com | comment Comment
Jul 7, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com

Fails to match the simple, handmade artistry of the original

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment 1 Comment
Aug 30, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
Apr 29, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Peter Jackson's remake of the 1933 classic is a loving homage that recreates and updates many of the familiar sequences... Unfortunately, the recreation leaves one wondering what, exactly, the point of the film is, other than indulging the director...

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment 2 Comments
Jan 20, 2009
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
Nov 20, 2008
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com
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Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org
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Full Review Source: Eclipse Magazine | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Michelle Alexandria
Michelle Alexandria
Eclipse Magazine

Overlong by half, hedonistically animated and decadently self-indulgent King Kong is beastly to be sure, but there is little beauty here.

Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com | comment Comment
Feb 28, 2008
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
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Jan 15, 2008
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
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Full Review Source: Newsweek | comment Comment
Nov 1, 2007
David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek
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I wish Jackson would shake off his addiction to gigantism, his apparent need to punch everything up three times as much as it needs to be.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment 1 Comment
Aug 4, 2007
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
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Jul 14, 2007
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

funny, frightening, romantic, nostalgic, moving and grimly fatalistic, it races along, like its central character, with a speed and grace that utterly belies its great size.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
Jul 10, 2007
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film

A phenomenal popcorn movie that eclipses the original in several respects, but inevitably owes a huge debt to the powerful imagery and innovation of the 1930s landmark.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
Feb 22, 2007
Kevin Lally
Kevin Lally
Film Journal International

This lackluster cure for insomnia might have been more palatable without so many distracting digressions and pared down to a manageable ninety minutes or so. Zzzz... Zzzz... Zzzz...

Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine | comment 1 Comment
Jan 25, 2007
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Upstage Magazine

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Dec 30, 2006
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
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Nov 11, 2006
Stuart Klawans
Stuart Klawans
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Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
Sep 28, 2006
Sight and Sound

Naomi Watts distinguishes herself in a luminous, star-making turn as Ann -- warm, funny, charismatic, and far more than you'd expect from the damsel in distress.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
Sep 25, 2006
Russ Breimeier
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today

Jackson puts his passion for epics to good use and creates film magic

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Sep 10, 2006
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
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