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5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 4 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4

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  1. hughie8
    Jun 20, 2005
    9
    Lovely, understated gem!
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  2. KathleenC.
    Jun 26, 2005
    7
    This was an affecting film with a tremendous cast about the "sandwich" generation stuck between ailing parents and rebellious children, still struggling to make a living (darkly comical shades of "Death of a Salesman") in the cut-throat world of business in modern America. No Golden Parachutes protect the average worker in this social Darwinian world. I've been a fan of Peter Riegert for a very long time & I’m delighted to see him expanding his significant talents into directing. The film's dialog is wonderful and the challenges and failures of middle age will resonate with the adult audience so long ignored by Hollywood films. There were many wonderful performances, but Eric Bogosian’s performance as a maverick rabbi was an especial delight.… Expand
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  3. JayE.
    Aug 30, 2005
    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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Metascore
55 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Joshua Katzmann
    60
    Riegert and his cowriter, Gerald Shapiro, breathe some fresh air into the material with their credible characters.
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  2. 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
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  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Allison Benedikt
    63
    Moments of this film reminded me of Alexander Payne's great library of male dysfunction -- "Election," "About Schmidt," "Sideways" -- not because King of the Corner actually reaches Payne's plane, but because I wish it had tried.
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