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King of the Hill

When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.
When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.
Drama, History - 1993
King of the Hill
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Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
Director:
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Steven Soderbergh
Cast:
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Karen Allen
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Jeroen Krabbé
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Adrien Brody
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Elizabeth McGovern
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Spalding Gray
,
Jesse Bradford
,
Katherine Heigl
,
Lisa Eichhorn
,
Cameron Boyd

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Details

Runtime:
103 min
Release date:
20 Aug 1993
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$8,000,000
Revenue:
$1,214,231
Awards:
8 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The film does a lovely job of juxtaposing the sharp contrasts in Aaron's life, and in marveling at the fact that he survives as buoyantly as he does.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
fresh:
A remarkable odyssey about a resilient young hero who uses both his imagination and his sense of reality to survive.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
With the kind of material you'd never dream of associating with him, Soderbergh has made his best film.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
It's his best work by far.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The slow-paced King of the Hill is a feel-good fable in which it's difficult to work up any worry over a boy with clearly unsinkable spirits.
– Richard Harrington,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
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