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- 07:00 PM, Mar 29
modern technology brings a classic movie monster to life with satisfying results, but you can't say the same thing about the uneven toneReview rate : C+ by Eric Kohn [Indiewire ]
it's a rousing and smartly crafted primordial-beastie spectacularby Owen Gleiberman [Variety ]
highly entertaining return of one of the cinema's most enduring giant beasts moves like crazyby Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter ]
Hiddleston and Larson are fine playing it straight, but Kong really cooks when it embraces a kooky B-movie styleby Brian Truitt [USA Today ]
fantastically muddled and exasperatingly dull quasi-update of the King Kong storyby Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian ]
all are rendered impeccably; all easily steal thunder from this accomplished castby Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times ]
a welcome return to the silver screen for the King of the Apesby Alex Welch [IGN Movies ]
a fresh take on the Big Ape, with impressively rugged action and a gritty war-movie vibeby Rafer Guzman [Newsday ]
a big, loud, and kinda silly monster mash that feels like a throwback to the late-'90s Bruckheimer era of gung-ho, budgets-be-damned macho adventureReview rate : B- by Chris Nashawaty [Entertainment Weekly ]