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King Kong (2005) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give King Kong (2005) a score of 3.3524 out of 4

based on (494) reviews

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Excellent

(264)

Very Good

(193)

Good

(33)

Fair

(4)

Poor

(0)

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Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)

This is what it means to go to the theater and watch a big movie made with love, care, and intelligence....read the complete King Kong (2005) review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)

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Locus Online (Howard Waldrop & Lawrence Person)

When you come out of this thing, you feel like you've been beaten with logs (more so even than when leaving Das Boot 24 years go) — and you have, at least a couple of times — if not actual logs, you've been caught in a sauropod stampede with...read the complete King Kong (2005) review at Locus Online (Howard Waldrop & Lawrence Person)

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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 (2005) review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

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/Film (Diana Slampyak)

This King Kong follows the basic storyline of the 1933 classic and its 1976 retelling, with Jessica Lange as the hapless love interest of Kong. It seems as though most people know the story, so the synopsis is brief: a movie crew and a captain who...read the complete King Kong (2005) review at /Film (Diana Slampyak)