The gorilla chiller is clunky, campy, and strangely ineffective when summoning big screen thrills.

| Original Score: C | Feb 26, 2025

This is ridiculously entertaining. However it's also a complete mess with wild action set pieces and performances.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2024

This is one of my favorite messiest films ever. Between Tim Curry's unhinged performance, the insane relationship between Amy and Peter, and Laura Linney being a badass, what's not to love about this?? They don't make wild movies like this anymore.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 30, 2024

...the first major mistake in a summer that has already netted several commercial blockbusters.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 22, 2022

A great-looking, but ultimately meaningless slab of escapism.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 24, 2020

It's riddled with faults, but it's still watchable in rare parts - if only for the infrequency in which nature-gone-amuck creature-features come to theaters.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Sep 11, 2020

Congo falls short on its cinematic impact.

| Aug 3, 2018

It's a shocker: clunkingly written, dismally acted, haphazardly directed, and with some of the most glaringly conspicuous sound-stages masquerading as the African jungle ever seen in a major American movie.

| Dec 13, 2017

The lackluster adventure film misses out on most of the thrills from the Michael Crichton 1980 bestseller.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 5, 2017

A goofy mess whose screws aren't loose, but missing entirely.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 9, 2016

I love it because it's good, and yet so bad it's good.

| Sep 21, 2014

You'd be hard-pressed to come up with a movie that ticks more of the boxes for a perfect storm of So Bad It's Perfect.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jul 17, 2014

| Original Score: D- | Sep 7, 2011

It's fairly ridiculous (the apes are clearly people in suits), but it's light and brisk and fun, with a nice open-air feel.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2008

Revel in the sheer insanity and unique humor of this cracking jungle adventure.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 17, 2008

Feels as if the picture were edited to leave the action sequences in while removing any connecting material that might have helped them make sense.

Full Review | Jun 17, 2008

A second-rate jungle adventure that delivers far less than it promises.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 17, 2008

Not the worst adventure flick that I've ever seen, but far from a great one either.

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 12, 2006

Dreadfully muddled, but mildly diverting.

| Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 25, 2005