Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody

Flamboyant, foolhardy documentary filmmaker, Carl Denham, sails off to remote Skull Island to film his latest epic with leading lady, Ann Darrow. Native warriors kidnap Ann to use as a sacrifice as th...( read more  read more... )ey summon "Kong" with the local witch doctor. But instead of devouring Ann, Kong saves her. Kong is eventually taken back to New York where he searches high and low for Ann, eventually winding up at the top of the Empire State Building, facing off against a fleet of World War I fighter planes.

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PG-13, 3 hrs. 7 min.

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Release Date: December 14, 2005

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DVD Release Date: March 28, 2006

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  • October 12, 2006
    It almosts like the original 1932 version but better. It has heart, supercharged excitement, & enough visual effects to make it extremely watchable.
  • October 15, 2009
    the special effects in this movie are good! but they make it look like the lady and the monkey are about to make-out!ahhh. yeah 4 adrien brody!
  • September 26, 2009
    It coulda' been shorter, and I woulda' been ok w/ that.
  • August 25, 2009
    It was far too long. Jackson let success go to his head I feel. It is pretty audacious remaking a classic like King Kong, and although I wasn't against the idea, I feel his ego was the real monster here. Also, unfinished and pointless subplots frustrate me.
  • July 14, 2009
    Way better than I thought it would be...plus it was french class so that meant doing no work.
  • November 21, 2009
    i saw it but i dnt remember it sooooo yea
  • November 21, 2009
    Petter Jackson es bueno director y los efectos son buenos, pero en determinado momento me aburro
  • November 21, 2009
    I liked it. It had some long parts but all in all was a good movie. The Love affair was nice.
  • November 21, 2009
    pzz ztha xiida, la beztiia ze enamoraa de la dama eza ez la moralejaa noo?
  • November 21, 2009
    didn't' see it either

Critic Reviews


December 14, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Serkis' contribution truly is something we've never seen, an entirely new category of computer-enhanced acting. With not a word of dialogue, he brings to life a close cousin to man with whom we can em... full review

December 14, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Good things do come in big packages. The trick for any filmmaker is to find the small movie within the big one, which is exactly what Peter Jackson does in King Kong. full review

December 14, 2005
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

In the end, "Kong" lands with a resounding thud. full review

December 13, 2005
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

Too big for its own good, too pure of heart to diminish, brawling, magnificent, heroic and flawed: That's King Kong, and that's King Kong. full review

December 13, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This is one of the year's best films. full review

December 12, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Peter Jackson's remake is as much a tribute to the old, seat-of-the-pants spirit of early motion pictures as it is an exercise in technological bravura.

December 12, 2005
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Jackson is a visionary filmmaker who is not only a technical wizard but also a master storyteller. full review

December 12, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate

However jawdropping the big effects (there's a dinosaur stampede and some giant white worms who suck men into their squishy maws), they're tenderly elbowed aside by scenes of tender intimacy. full review

December 8, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Here is the jaw-dropping, eye-popping, heart-stopping movie epic we've been waiting for all year. full review

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Comments


  • magedelsur
    April 4, 2009
    a like movie but me entristecio un poco cuando lo mataron
  • antonihawandes
    March 19, 2009
    hmmmmmm good cinema,very strong fantasy, I think this movie full tasted, I saw it, as like as true adventure, very2 screams.I like it.
  • adiarlin
    February 26, 2009
    I've seen it couple of times, still... love it!
    the beautiful eyes... beautiful kong!!
  • excursiaz
    February 18, 2009
    I realluy liked it,saw a different side to Jack Black...it was very kool
  • ekaniki
    February 10, 2009
    toooo looooong and booooring!!!
  • daddysprincess79
    January 12, 2009
    Well I loved this movie when it first came out I fell in love with it and if I love it then so will you so if you havent seen it well get it out on dvd and watch it. Its so cute when King Kong falls in love with the girl but right at the end its really sad I even started crying because King Kong dies. I have seen the orginal but thats short but this is longer and better.
  • dontdiscuss
    November 28, 2008
    It is a very Excellent movie!
  • beboart0103861531
    October 7, 2008
    it's very romantic
  • jkashyap
    September 8, 2008
    its is a fantastic movie....gud special effects and King kong is really quite...
  • joly16blackpearl
    August 29, 2008
    It wasn't really that good, boring in most parts
    But the scenes with Naomi Watts & Kong were amazing, she was like an angel, I loved her, really

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