| IFC Releasing | Release Date: May 11, 2001 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
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Positive:
13
Mixed:
9
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews
Stands as a successful cinematic experiment and a gripping -- though a little too long -- study of humanity's most primitive instincts.
It's an excellent fusion of subject and style.
Sinks under the weight of its ever more inescapably apparent contrivance, and its forced parallels to ''Lear.''
Forget the bug-eating, cow-spearing and one-upsmanship of TV's "Survivor." The real results of isolation and deprivation unfold in The King is Alive: madness, suicide and murder.
Intrigues mainly for its spare style and brittle, sweat-soaked performances.
Fascinating and strangely involving piece.
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