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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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
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