metacritic.com: King of the Jungle

Starring John Leguizamo, Rosie Perez, Annabella Sciorra, Michael Rapaport, Marisa Tomei, and Michael Rapaport

Critic Reviews

60	The New York Times A.O. Scott Mr. Rosenfeld is a writer whose talent shines through in the way he harvests minute pearls.
60	LA Weekly F. X. Feeney Overall, King of the Jungle never quite achieves a necessary, culminating insight about charity, or mercy -- though Leguizamo's performance puts one in reach.
50	New York Post Jonathan Foreman Draggy and contrived.
50	New York Daily News Jami Bernard May be the biggest gathering of high-decibel performers in one movie. But they work well together and some are truly excellent.
50	Variety Robert Koehler 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.
40	Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas The merely depressing ultimately gives way to the contrived in Seth Zvi Rosenfeld's King of the Jungle.
40	TV Guide Ken Fox The script originally began life as a stage play, but still feels underwritten.
40	Village Voice Mark Holcomb Rosenfeld's film doesn't have much of a story to tell and tells it rather routinely.
40	New Times (L.A.) Robert Wilonsky 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.