King of New York
Carolco Pictures | Release Date: September 28, 1990 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
What Ferrara needs for his next film is a sound screenplay...He has gone about as far as a director can go on pure style. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
This movie has a little something, and part of it is subtext. Walken, who wants to use drug money to build hospitals, is embraced as a New York celebrity; this rings true. Plus, King reunites director Abel Ferrara and screenwriter Nicholas St. John of Fear City/Ms. .45 cultdom. [1 Oct 1990, p.5D]
50
The Seattle TimesMichael Upchurch
King of New York may have its moments. But with the standard in gangster films so high right now ("GoodFellas," "The Krays," "Miller's Crossing"), there's no real way to recommend it. [12 Jan 1991, p.C3]
40
EmpireAngie Errigo
Those who found, say, Internal Affairs, a "stylish" affair will be able to say the same of this, only it's more so. The more squeamish will prefer to take Manhattan Woody Allen style. Read full review
40
Washington PostHal Hinson
[Abel Ferrara's] specialty is a kind of hallucinatory tawdriness, and here, he's made a hepped-up film about drugs that plays as if the filmmakers themselves kept a healthy supply of the stuff at hand. Read full review
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