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Movie Overview
Cast
• Fay Wray
• Bruce Cabot
• Robert Armstrong
Director
• Merian C. Cooper
• Ernest B. Schoedsack
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
King Kong (1933)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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3.5/5
"There are very few works of cinema that stand up to repeated viewings and decades of changing film mores and audience expectations. Most notable among these is the classic King Kong."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

B
"Perhaps we have fallen in love with this movie because we distrust our civilization and feel betrayed that we have lost our sense of nature."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

3.5/4
"In many ways, Kong is still king."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3/4
"Original and still superior version of the classic story. What is scary is that this film special effects in this film actually looks better than its expensive remake several decades later!"  Sci-Fi Movie Page  James O'Ehley

A
"charming fantasy continues to hold up and is a treasure trove of special effects that continue to inspire"  Old School Reviews  John A. Nesbit

8/10
"King Kong may seem outmoded, with its exaggerated histrionics, its stilted dialogue, and its wooden acting, but then there's Kong, and how can you not still love him?"  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

9/10
"King Kong es el termómetro obligado con el que se miden todas las películas de monstruos gigantes; desde los voraces velociraptors hasta la maternal Godzilla"  Cinenganos  Luis Martinez

"This movie is part of why I'm so twisted today, and not just because of how that door and the hellish promise of what it hid teased its way into my kiddie brain."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

"Film is an agent of imagination, and King Kong demonstrates this with remarkable technical proficiency and innovation..."  Not Coming to a Theater Near You  Rumsey Taylor

5/5
"One of the finest adventure movies ever made and the true prototype for all monster movies to follow, KING KONG is, even after 83 years, still the one true ruler of high-end escapist cinema."  DVD Clinic  Scott Weinberg

B
"One of those mad movies, like Moulin Rouge! or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, that fully justifies and deserves all the best and worst that can be said for or against them."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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