The Monkey King
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): August 18, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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5
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1
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Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonAug 17, 2023
A lot of culture, East and West, receives glancing blows from The Monkey King, which was directed by Anthony Stacchi, whose 2014 stop-motion animated feature “The Boxtrolls” is a classic. And an entirely different animal from The Monkey King. Read full review
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The New York TimesAmy NicholsonAug 17, 2023
The rare moments in which an image pauses to catch its breath can be stunning, such as a shot of an endless expanse of flaming lanterns dangling over countless white ghosts — how the artist Yayoi Kusama might have designed the afterlife. There’s enough gags that a dozen land. Read full review
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The GuardianLeslie FelperinAug 16, 2023
The latest in a 10,000-mile-long line of adaptations of Journey to the West, the 16th-century Chinese novel attributed to Wu Cheng’en, bounces along energetically, and has some exceptionally fun frills around the edges, such as a flouncy vocal performance from Bowen Yang as spiteful, effete baddie the Dragon King, who gets to sing the film’s best musical number. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAug 18, 2023
Aggressively mediocre, Netflix’s “The Monkey King” takes no risks and offers too little humor, heart, or action to entertain all but the youngest in the family. Read full review
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IGNKenneth Seward Jr.Aug 18, 2023
Netflix’s The Monkey King is an example of a potentially great film that’s undone by poor pacing, uneven animation, and a truly unlikable protagonist. Read full review
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