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Movie Overview
Cast
• Naomi Watts
• Adrien Brody
• Jack Black
Director
• Peter Jackson
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - For frightening adventure violence and some disturbing images
King Kong (2005)

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OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh
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4/5
"This remake is thrilling on every level. Even if it's also rather self-indulgent."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

3/5
"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."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

B
"Say what you will about Peter Jackson, he knows how to deliver a money shot."  Flipside Movie Emporium  Rob Vaux

B
"Mostly entertaining, but suffers from various excesses."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

A-
"["King Kong"] could have been shorter, especially in the first third, but this is a minor nitpick of a film that is tremendously entertaining and wonderfully crafted."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

7/10
"Indiana Jones goes to Jurassic Park in the reigning king of computer graphic monkey business, King Kong--2005."  Monsters and Critics  Ron Wilkinson

4.5/5
"This massive flick is warm and nostalgic, dark and dangerous, sly and sweet, delicate, ferocious, and enthralling in a way that only great movies can be. Plus it's got, like, a million monsters in it."  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

2/4
"A bloated, deeply flawed misfire shot by a technical wizard given carte blanche based on his past success."  Charlotte Weekly  Sean O'Connell

"Warning. Flashback and long personal reminiscence ahead."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Shane Burridge

"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..."  ESplatter  Steve Biodrowski

B+
"One of those mad movies, like Moulin Rouge! or Burton's 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

10/10
"Scary and sensational - simply the most spectacular creature feature ever made!"  Modamag.com  Susan Granger

4/4
"They don't really make movies like this anymore; I don't know if they ever did."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

3.5/4
"...[Peter] Jackson knows what it takes to make an exciting film."  Oscar Guy  Wesley Lovell

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

4/5
Read review  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

8/10
Read review  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

4/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

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Read review  Sci-Fi Movie Page  James O'Ehley

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OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh
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