Jungleland
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 6, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshNov 5, 2020
This dire and dreamy road movie is impressive work from director and co-writer Winkler (he co-wrote with Theodore Bressman and David Branson Smith). Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichNov 6, 2020
In a country that insists everyone gets a title shot when most of them aren’t even allowed in the ring, Winkler rope-a-dopes us into a strange and rewarding story about three people who dare to punch above their weight class no matter what kind of beating they have to take for that temerity. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyNov 6, 2020
Winkler, and featuring three very strong central performances and eye-catching poetic visuals, Jungleland is more of a mood-piece than anything else, and on that level it works beautifully. The mood is strange, sad, and hypnotic. Read full review
75
The Associated PressMark KennedyNov 5, 2020
This very American fable has been blessed with three remarkable performances. Read full review
70
Screen DailyWendy IdeSep 14, 2019
Strong performances across the board and a propulsive sense of mounting desperation makes for a compelling piece of storytelling. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubCarlos AguilarNov 4, 2020
Earnest fraternal affection is the main attraction in Jungleland, director Max Winkler’s moody road-trip movie by way of a bare-knuckle boxing drama. Read full review
67
The PlaylistJason BaileySep 14, 2019
A confidently crafted, well-acted three-hander ... But some viewers will find the hamster-wheel nature of “Jungleland” monotonous, and it’s hard to blame them. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Simran HansNov 30, 2020
Brits Hunnam, O’Connell and Barden are strangely well cast as its all-American grifters. (Hunnam in particular gives a finely tuned performance as a washed-up smooth talker who still knows how to flirt.) Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedNov 13, 2020
The only reason to waste money and risk COVID exposure in any theater showing Jungleland is the privilege of seeing Charlie Hunnam and Jack O’Connell, two of the best and most charismatic actors in films today, struggle to turn a turgid, cliché-riddled bore about the underground game of bare-knuckle fighting into something better than it could ever be. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenNov 1, 2020
Director Max Winkler truly seems to believe that he’s cutting to the heart of the boulevard of broken dreams. Read full review
40
The GuardianEllen E JonesNov 25, 2020
The performances are fine, but the questionable decision to cast not one, not two, but three Brits can’t help but intensify the off-putting sense of Americana cosplay. Read full review
40
Rolling StoneDavid FearNov 10, 2020
We sing O’Connell’s praises so loudly because he’s really the only reason to check out Max Winkler’s tale of blood bonds, brotherly love and bloody bareknuckle bouts, and to remind you that sometimes, even the best and brightest can’t save something so banal and by-the-book. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis HarveySep 14, 2019
It’s the kind of enterprise that has everything but a single fresh idea, or even moment. ... The sombre tone feels forced rather than earned, because everything here comes out of The Giant Golden Book Of Coulda Beena Contenda Cliches. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneySep 14, 2019
It's a story cut from familiar cloth that's absorbing enough but never quite escapes its whiff of cliché. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGlenn KennyNov 5, 2020
The sweaty clichés enacted along the way are uniformly tired and ultimately offensive. A love scene near the movie’s finale, Winkler’s vision of sex among the underclass, is a caricature that could comfortably fit in the new “Borat” movie. Read full review
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