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Release Date: December 14th, 2005

Running Time: 187 min.

U.S. Box Office: $218,051,260

Rating: PG-13 for frightening adventure violence and some disturbing images.

Director: Peter Jackson

Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks

Critics Reviews: 9 out of 10

Chicago Sun-Times The result is a surprisingly involving and rather beautiful movie -- one that will appeal strongly to the primary action audience, and also cross over to people who have no plans to see "King Kong" but will change their minds the more they hear. I think the film even has a message, and it isn't that beauty killed the beast. It's that we feel threatened by beauty, especially when it overwhelms us... Roger Ebert

Reelviews By choosing to re-make King Kong, an American iconic masterpiece, Peter Jackson set a task for himself higher than the Empire State Building. Making this movie wasn't just following up The Lord of the Rings, it was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. And, as with all such personal projects, this one ran the danger of not working because the director was too close to the material. Fortunately, Jackson's passion for the material did not dim his creative senses. James Berardinelli

Palo Alto Online Jackson brilliantly recreates 1930s New York, where greedy film producer Carl Denham (Black) is on the outs with his disappointed investors. But Denham has a plan: Snag a clueless cast and set sail for the mysterious Skull Island. Darrow, a vaudeville comedian suffering Depression-era luck, heroic scribe Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody), and a crew of gruff shipmen climb aboard. Tyler Hanley

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