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King of the Jungle
Metascore
45 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    60
    Overall, King of the Jungle never quite achieves a necessary, culminating insight about charity, or mercy -- though Leguizamo's performance puts one in reach.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    60
    Mr. Rosenfeld is a writer whose talent shines through in the way he harvests minute pearls.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    50
    May be the biggest gathering of high-decibel performers in one movie. But they work well together and some are truly excellent.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    50
    Draggy and contrived.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    50
    Story's spurts of violence are designed to tear Seymour's world apart , but Rosenfeld's scripting and directing choices tend to lessen impact of a potentially gut-wrenching urban tale.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    40
    The script originally began life as a stage play, but still feels underwritten.
  7. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Mark Holcomb
    40
    Rosenfeld's film doesn't have much of a story to tell and tells it rather routinely.
  8. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    40
    The merely depressing ultimately gives way to the contrived in Seth Zvi Rosenfeld's King of the Jungle.
  9. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Robert Wilonsky
    40
    Leguizamo is all twitches and spasms; there's not a bit of subtlety in his high-wire performance. By the time you get past it, the film bogs down in dime-store potboiling.
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