King Kong

Movie Ranked #203 | 1933 - Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi

Carl Denham needs to finish his movie and has the perfect location; Skull Island. But he still needs to find a leading lady. This 'soon-to-be-unfortunate' soul is Ann Darrow. No one knows what they will encounter on this island and why it is so mysterious, but once they reach it, they will soon find out. Living on this hidden island is a giant gorilla and this beast now has Ann in it's grasps. Carl and Ann's new love, Jack Driscoll must travel through the jungle looking for Kong and Ann, whilst avoiding all sorts of creatures and beasts.

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Directors:

Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

Best two reviews:
1) New York Daily News - What a movie! This is how the medium seduced us originally. (Rating: 100) Read Full Review >
2) Entertainment Weekly - One of the wonders of the holiday season. (Rating: 100) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
37) Charlotte Observer - King Kong, a labor of love that's visually stunning and moving in its best moments, is also bloated, shallow, clunky, full of illogical scenes and at least an hour too long. (Rating: 50) Read Full Review >
38) San Francisco Chronicle - On its own terms, the film is overlong, repetitive and lacks impact. Even if this were the first gorilla-in-love movie ever made, audiences would come away vaguely dissatisfied, suspecting there was an intriguing idea buried somewhere in here, but it didn't quite come off. (Rating: 25) Read Full Review >

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