Adventurous filmmaker, Carl Denham, sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to displayed on Broadway as Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
The throbbing heart of the film lies in the creation of the semi-human simian himself, an immortal tribute to the Hollywood dream factory...
– Wally Hammond,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
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Willis O'Brien did the stop-action animation for this 1933 feature, which is richer in character than most of the human cast.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
2 Jul 2007
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Kong mystifies as well as it horrifies, and may open up a new medium for scaring babies via the screen.
– Joe Bigelow,
Variety,
2 Jul 2007
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"King Kong," as spectacular a bolt of celluloid as has thrilled audiences in a couple of sophisticated seasons, is the product of a number of vivid imaginations.
– Irene Thirer,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar 2013
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The story, like Frankenstein and Dracula, has taken on the significance of a modern folk tale, layered with obvious moralizing and as familiar as personal history.