The Dino De Laurentiis-produced remake of King Kong is a beautifully aged 1970s gem, uniting old-fashioned spectacle and contemporary concerns.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 17, 2024

It's a romantic adventure fantasy -- colossal, silly, touching, a marvelous classics-comics movie.

| Jan 22, 2024

Kong is attacked with flame throwers and military helicopters, evoking Vietnam War imagery that had been playing out on America’s small screens till its end in 1975 – and that had divided audiences in their sympathies for ‘our side’ and ‘the Other’.

| Dec 13, 2022

The special effects are marvelous, the good-humored script is comic-bookish without being excessively campy, and there are two excellent performances

| Mar 14, 2017

It's madness to try to remake a myth, but even so, John Guillermin's jokey, low-camp film seems awfully inadequate.

| Mar 14, 2017

Faithful in substantial degree not only to the letter but also the spirit of the 1933 classic for RKO, this $22 million-plus version neatly balances superb special effects with solid dramatic credibility.

| Oct 18, 2008

The results of this technological bonanza are pretty mixed.

| Jun 24, 2006

What sort, exactly, is this movie?

| May 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 23, 2004

Forgetting the desecration, though, this is almost watchable, with Jessica Lange in her first starring role as the girl in the hairy paw, and pleasant support from Jeff Bridges and Charles Grodin.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 7, 2001