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By Cory Cheney (13) for Urban Tulsa Weekly (13) on 01 Jan 2006

Jackson's King Kong is a throwback film, depending on you to approach it with a sort of wide-eyed innocence you might've forgotten you had…

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By Wesley Lovell (690) for Cinema Sight (678) on 31 Dec 2005

[Peter] Jackson knows what it takes to make an exciting film…

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By Randy Shulman (132) for Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (190) on 31 Dec 2005

King Kong ushers in a subtext -- via a path of spectacular, epic adventure -- that we should preserve endangered species at all costs…

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By Bryant Frazer (316) for Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (294) on 30 Dec 2005

The best thing about Peter Jackson's King Kong may be that his attachment to the project likely kept anybody else from getting the job…

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By Lori Hoffman (553) for Atlantic City Weekly (553) on 29 Dec 2005

Peter Jackson ... overindulges his childlike wonder, and the result is a monster movie on steroids…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 28 Dec 2005

a technical achievement that lacks the soul of something really good…

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By Enrique Buchichio (359) for Uruguay Total (359) on 22 Dec 2005

Jackson peca de la misma megalomanía que estiró y arruinó parcialmente los últimos 45 minutos de El Regreso del Rey (...)…

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By Pablo Villaça (1,590) for Cinema em Cena (1,589) on 22 Dec 2005

Em meio a tanta ação, Jackson consegue criar uma história de amor verossímil entre um gorila de 8 metros e uma frágil loira…

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By Cherryl Dawson And Leigh Ann Palone (956) for TheMovieChicks.com (956) on 22 Dec 2005

An action adventure with heart. It's the kind of movie experience you want to see on the big screen…

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By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 22 Dec 2005

For all the technical wizardry on display in director Peter Jackson's King Kong, there are overtones of insecurity here and there…

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By Jackie K. Cooper (1,018) for jackiekcooper.com (943) on 21 Dec 2005

Peter Jackson, Naomi Watts and Andy Serkis are the triple threat that makes this the best 'Kong' yet…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 21 Dec 2005

Does it improve on its landmark predecessor? Of course not…

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By Frank Houston (26) for Palm Beach Daily News (26) on 21 Dec 2005

A nearly seamless blend of cutting edge technology with much of the original's sensibility - Jackson's giant ape may be a special effect, but…

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By David N. Butterworth (570) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 21 Dec 2005

Excess has never felt so spectacular... but there's nothing here a good editor couldn't have improved (had he been allowed to)…

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By Dan Lybarger (786) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 20 Dec 2005

The greatest charm of the new 'King Kong' comes when Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) bonds with her 20-foot primate boyfriend…

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By Steve Crum (868) for Video-Reviewmaster.com (514) on 19 Dec 2005

This 'Kong' is not better than the superb original, but it is just as good…

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By George Wu (52) for culturevulture.net (793) on 18 Dec 2005

Every scene in the new 'King Kong' strains to be the biggest, most pulverizing, in-your-face spectacle that you've ever experienced…

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By Widgett Walls (433) for Needcoffee.com (433) on 18 Dec 2005

Jackson has proven that he can out-Spielberg Spielberg when it comes to over-the-top action, but anytime the fur isn't flying, he really needs…

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By Mark Ramsey (290) for MovieJuice! (290) on 18 Dec 2005

Kong whips Naomi about with enough fury to induce whiplash…

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By Jonathan W. Hickman (551) for Entertainment Insiders (294) on 18 Dec 2005

With King Kong (2005), Jackson has made a film that if you don't like it, you might just hate movies…

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