King Kong Lives
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | Release Date: December 19, 1986 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
5
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16
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
King Kong Lives is a terrible film, alternately boring and fascinatingly misguided. But it’s ragingly inessential more than anything else. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The problem with everyone in King Kong Lives is that they're in a boring movie, and they know they're in a boring movie, and they just can't stir themselves to make an effort. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldBill Cosford
Much of King Kong Lives in fact seems designed by and for invertebrates. It is well known that if you leave a monkey in a room with a typewriter for long enough, the monkey will write an intelligible story. With screenwriters, on the other hand, there's no guarantee. [22 Dec 1986, p.C5]
25
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
In all fairness, there is a lot of camp value here. Fans of truly bad cinema couldn't ask for a sillier big-budget production--envisioned with the utmost seriousness. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Salem Alaton
Director Guillermin has got a film that's alternately cloying and crude, sometimes needlessly violent (Kong still kills in self- defence, but now he breaks human victims in half). It's even less suitable for kids than for adults. [24 Dec 1986, p.D5]
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