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55 out of 100

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5.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: A humorous, honest, multi-faceted look into how one man turns his midlife crisis into a midlife opportunity. (Eleveation Filmworks)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    King of the Corner is not plot-driven. It's like life: just one damned thing after another
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    60
    I've never quite figured out what the poker-faced Peter Riegert does as an actor, but his matter-of-fact minimalism is always funny and affecting.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    But look up the word "slight" in the dictionary and you could find a still from this film.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. JayE.
    5
    With the exception of Jake Hoffman, who needs a lot more time in regional theater, even if Pops can get him Hollywood parts, the acting is first rate; and a couple of scenes (the opening, the hero's impromptu funeral oration) work nicely. But hasty under-editing quickly exposes an extraordinarily weak screenplay (appearing in person at the showing I watched, Peter Riegert refused to provide any explanation for the hero's gratuitous and cruel betrayal of a former high school crush). The lighting was terrible, the print grainy, the theme confused -- a drama whose comic relief was so heavy-handed and improbable, it descended into satire.The most lasting impression I took from this sincere effort: no matter how talented, one guy, with an ultra-low budget and some pals working for scale, cannot make a worthy feature film. Sadly, the distributors who turned Riegert down were right.… Expand
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