King of the Jungle (2000)
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 13
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Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 4
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Martin Scorsese's seminal 1975 drama Taxi Driver informs this tale of a neglected, Upper West Side outcast who slowly devolves into a potential murderer. John Leguizamo stars as Seymour, the mentally-challenged self-proclaimed "king" of the film's title. He's still in the care of his mother Mona (Julie Carmen), who is a protest organizer against their neighborhood's corrupt police practices. Although Mona lives happily with her lover Joanne (Rosie Perez), her ex-boyfriend Jack (Cliff Gorman)
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All Critics (22) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (13) | DVD (3)
[Seymour's] story demands a larger meaning, a sense of the poetic, than mere heart-tugging can provide, but Rosenfeld cannot provide it.
Top CriticA hard, vibrant surface can't quite cover the mossy, skimpy center of this story.
One of those films that feel drunk on their own virtue.
[Rosenfeld] finds a way to convey messiness that gives King an honest and particular heartbeat.
Old-fashioned in good ways and bad.
The basic problem with the film is that each of the fine actors appears to be working on a different project.
It's more than a little tiresome to see executive producer Leguizamo put himself through the tortured contortions of his character.
Meanders with clumsy flashbacks, unexplored characters and relationships and a rushed, unsatisfying conclusion.
Filled less with performance than it is riddled with Oscar clips.
The fact is that given the talent involved, it should have been much better.
Every clichéd cinematic device ... is spread out before the audience like a bad road map.
The script isn't worth the quality of the work put in to it.
Some Latin boys go to hell while others just need a loving home.
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