| 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
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.
Stands as a successful cinematic experiment and a gripping -- though a little too long -- study of humanity's most primitive instincts.
Intrigues mainly for its spare style and brittle, sweat-soaked performances.
It's an excellent fusion of subject and style.
Fascinating and strangely involving piece.
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