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Movie critics combined give King Kong (2005) a score of 3.3524 out of 4
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King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
Peter Jackson may have lost weight, but he hasn't lost his gluttony. There is no excuse for the 3 hour and 7 minute running time of King Kong. Hollywood needs an enema, and Peter Jackson needs an editor. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Made with consummate imagination and skill, but still largely superfluous. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Overlong and diffuse, Jackson's remake is a hybrid of horror, disaster, adventure, and romance genres, delivering proficiently the basic goods, while referencing such blockbusters as Raiders of the Lost Ark , Jurassic Park , and Titanic. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (Boo Allen)Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (Boo Allen)
Peter Jackson has done the impossible and followed up with Ring trilogy with an equally entertaining flick. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (Boo Allen)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
It starts too slowly and suffers from weak dialogue and less-than-epic acting. But as popcorn movies go, this is the year's popcorniest. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
three big hours of monkey business... overwrought and self-indulgent to a fault ...read the complete King Kong movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Snobs (Jimmy O)Film Snobs (Jimmy O)
Other than Jackson's insufferable commentary on filmmaking at the beginning, Kong is thrilling and tragic. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Film Snobs (Jimmy O)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
Worth seeing, especially on the big screen. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for iF Magazine DVD Review (Peter Brown)iF Magazine DVD Review (Peter Brown)
Maybe it’s that I am comparing two different films. Apples to Oranges. But the film about the big, bad, king of all beasts just fell flat against my expectations. The story is familiar one, in the 1930s a filmmaker and crew travel to the dreaded Skull ...read the complete King Kong movie review at iF Magazine DVD Review (Peter Brown)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for Is This Movie For You (Keifer Albin)Is This Movie For You (Keifer Albin)
A remake of the 1933 movie, this is the story of a filmmaker and his crew and their search for “Skull Island.” Jack Black stars as a movie director, always in search of some good shots, and the perfect opportunity comes to him when a map charting the ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Is This Movie For You (Keifer Albin)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
In the end, "Kong" lands with a resounding thud. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
It's the giant ape who makes it worth the trip to the box office - at least once. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
It's as if Jackson got so excited about his creatures he forgot about his characters. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
There are some dazzling moments and remarkably clunky ones, a stitched together mixture of old and new, a genre tour that jumps in tone from jaunty comedy to sci-fi horror to laboured social commentary. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for eCinemaCenter.com (Gabe Leibowitz)eCinemaCenter.com (Gabe Leibowitz)
"It was beauty that killed the beast," remarks Carl Denham at the conclusion of Peter Jackson's bloated King Kong , but he might as well have been referring to Jackson's formerly obsese figure suffocating all the life out of his 2005 remake. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at eCinemaCenter.com (Gabe Leibowitz)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Jan Stuart)Newsday (Jan Stuart)
Like Black's craven filmmaker, Jackson swells into a madman impresario, so hell-bent on topping himself that he doesn't know when to cut and run. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Newsday (Jan Stuart)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Weekly (Sean O'Connell)Charlotte Weekly (Sean O'Connell)
A bloated, deeply flawed misfire shot by a technical wizard given carte blanche based on his past success. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Charlotte Weekly (Sean O'Connell)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
There's a lot to be absorbed by your eyes, plenty of the sort of awesome visuals you'd expect. But, for a movie so painstakingly noisy, there simply isn't too much worth perking up your ears for. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Jackson, the visionary, has a tin ear. The dialogue, even if you cut it some slack for camp, is awful. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for JoeCritic.com (Sam Bear)JoeCritic.com (Sam Bear)
...read the complete King Kong movie review at JoeCritic.com (Sam Bear)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)
King Kong. I never got King Kong. I had seen other versions of this movie as a kid, but I never got it. Why would a woman allow herself to be picked up by a giant beast? Well, then again, that happens all the time at bars, but I still don't get it. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Spinning Image (Daniel Auty)The Spinning Image (Daniel Auty)
When a talented director becomes successful enough to realize a large-scale pet project—a Hook, a Gangs of New York, an On Deadly Ground—it's usually a cue for the expectant viewer to tamp down the enthusiasm. Often these movies show signs of having ...read the complete King Kong movie review at The Spinning Image (Daniel Auty)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Peter Jackson has got it all wrong. The story of King Kong is not a Lord of the Rings epic but rather a B-movie serial-style adventure, just barely stringing together cheesy acting and a wooden screenplay to bring you violent, imaginative ...read the complete King Kong movie review at d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.comfilmcritic.com
Historically, sequels and remakes of the original Kong range from bad to unwatchable, and while Jackson certainly knows effects and storytelling, Kong remakes seem to be cursed endeavors. Voodoo or no, they're probably ill-advised. 1933's Kong is one ...read the complete King Kong movie review at filmcritic.com
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Alternative Film GuideAlternative Film Guide
The biggest disappointment about Peter Jackson's King Kong is that, despite all the p.r. regarding Jackson's fascination with the Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack 1933 horror classic, this latest remake is considerably closer in spirit - or lack ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Alternative Film Guide
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for CleverDonkey.com (EngineerBoy)CleverDonkey.com (EngineerBoy)
On the positive side, the effects are pretty eye-popping and realistic for the most part. Kong's face is very realistic, as is his fur, gait, musculature, and hands. I'd quibble with the fact that during his titanic clash with three T-Rex's, Kong ...read the complete King Kong movie review at CleverDonkey.com (EngineerBoy)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Mr. CrankyMr. Cranky
There's no better way for Hollywood to excise itself of its racist past than by hiring a New Zealander to remake one of its most renowned films, 1933's "King Kong." Unless the big gorilla is meant to represent a large, threatening Maori, director ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Mr. Cranky
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
... Jackson's most unforgivable sin is a complete disregard for the fundamentals of storytelling and pacing. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)
the movie is a good cautionary example of what happens when its maker is too close to the material, who can't see the forest for the trees, the story for the ape. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Doncinema.com (Flavio J. Arosemena)Doncinema.com (Flavio J. Arosemena)
Para la próxima señor Jackson: a veces menos es más. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Doncinema.com (Flavio J. Arosemena)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Peter Jackson's King Kong is all things cinema, in the hands of a clever but overindulged filmmaker. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
here are several good reasons why Peter Jackson should not have remade the 1933 classic tale of beauty and the beast, not least of which because it was his favorite movie as a child. The emotive power of the film's original monster, made out of rubber ...read the complete King Kong movie review at Slant Magazine
King Kong (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
To borrow from an old joke, Peter Jackson's King Kong is thirty minutes of spectacular entertainment spread out over a three hour movie. ...read the complete King Kong movie review at eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
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King Kong (2005) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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King Kong (2005) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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