Jungleland is a likeable film, but a somewhat lightweight one.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 23, 2024

A road movie is about enjoying the time you spend with characters, and in that sense Jungleland is a trip worth taking. An understated exploration of brotherly love and broken dreams, it stands out in a crowded weight class.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 28, 2022

Even the few-and-far-between fight scenes are so bog-standard as to convey no visceral thrill whatsoever ... simply another lifeless piece of a clichéd whole.

| Jun 5, 2021

Jungleland avoids most of the traps and tropes you'd expect a movie like this to fall into, allowing Hunnam and O'Connell to soar. I'm very excited to see what director Max Winkler will do next.

| Original Score: A | Feb 10, 2021

JUNGLELAND is murky, gross, and heartfelt to the point where you may either roll, or bawl your eyes right out of your head.

| Original Score: B | Jan 12, 2021

Director Max Winkler shows tons of promise here.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 26, 2020

A simple story which is risen above mediocrity by the performances by the two lead actors. The chemistry is so strong between O'Connell and Hunnam that you never doubt them as brothers.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 21, 2020

Here is a world of seedy gangsters and flame-hearted girls, with a plot that slowly unravels with each increasingly implausible turn.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 5, 2020

To use a boxing analogy, Jungleland doesn't deliver a knockout punch as a compelling drama, but it brings out enough emotionally impactful jabs from the main actors to make an impression on viewers.

| Dec 3, 2020

Bare-knuckle boxing drama has violence, language, sex.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 2, 2020

Neon-lit diners, lonely service stations and empty parking lots are straight out of an Edward Hopper painting in this handsome, gloomy drama.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 30, 2020

We've seen these characters a thousand times before but Hunnam and O'Connell have the sense to give these losers a likeable edge.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 29, 2020

It's directed by Max - son of Henry, "the Fonze" - Winkler with some style, but never moves beyond paper-thin pastiche.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 29, 2020

Seems derived not so much from direct experience or empathetic observation, as from a handful of half-listened-to Bruce Springsteen albums.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 25, 2020

Actors are supposed to fool us, but in unexpected and pure ways. Hunnam's work in Jungleland is a triumph. He really went for it.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 19, 2020

The story is cliched, but satisfying nonetheless, thanks to the three central performances.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Nov 18, 2020

It may not change the face of sports dramas, but it still is a viable genre entry.

| Nov 18, 2020

'Jungleland' isn't your ordinary story of siblings finding their way to one another. It's the tale of two roughnecks, hard-living brothers falling apart.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2020

While we may know the notes to this song, the rhythm is something new.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 16, 2020

Jungleland wins, by split decision, but it's a shaky bout along the way.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 16, 2020